Word: instinctiveness
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Harry Truman's sharp political instinct told him he should stay out of the New Hampshire primary. But Democratic National Chairman Frank McKinney urged him to get in; delegate candidates pledged to him would be left out in the corridor if he didn't. Furthermore, he wouldn't have to campaign; the organization would take care of everything...
...predecessor was Victoria's German-speaking husband, and Britons took a long time getting used to Albert. Philip, born in Corfu and once sixth in line for the Greek throne, is a great-great-grandchild of Victoria and Albert, like his wife. A British subject, he is by instinct, schooling and tongue thoroughly English. But some still think of him as a foreigner...
Over & above specific differences hangs a divergence in national viewpoint: the fact that the U.S., by instinct and origin, emotionally responds to colonial peoples' cry for freedom-while its best friend is frankly in the colonial business...
...huge public demand for medical research. The amount of money, new buildings, equipment, and staff now devoted to it is staggering . . . The causes, as so often in the U.S., are partly ruthlessly practical and in part pure idealism. On the practical side, the public is moved by an old instinct-fear: fear of death. Although many Americans still adhere to a traditional religion, many have lost its comforts. They are scared of the thought of their end, and look to medicine to save them...
...must admit that I had grown quite fond of Walter over the years," she wrote. "My maternal instinct, perhaps." As late as a year ago she had talked to him about switching his column from Hearst to the Post. But "now my sympathy for Winchell is a thing of the past . . . Maybe this series . . . will bring him to his senses, and he will cease his evil, vindictive campaigns against individuals who have displeased...