Word: jerk
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...this is the case, it is a sad day in America. Sad because children in underprivileged neighborhoods have been so thoroughly conditioned to defend their pride with knee-jerk reactions, that they do so even when an act is born not of pity, but of simple kindness. And a world where kindness cannot exist is nowhere to live...
...Ambrose: "Sore teeth, can't see, knee jerk ((wrong...
...Trebek: "Tooth decay, nearsightedness, the last one has something to do with a knee jerk -- no knee jerk...
...certain to break out as soon as it's clear that the Bosnian Muslims will start getting weapons, says TIME's Central Europe bureau chief, James L. Graff. Any remaining U.N. soldiers are not likely to be spared the wrath of the Serbs, he adds. "It's a knee-jerk reaction to want to lift the arms embargo," says Graff. "It may mean justice for the Muslims, but it also means a nasty war." Meanwhile, Russia now wants trade sanctions against the Serb-dominated Yugoslavia lifted. That country, the Russians say, has done its bit to punish the Bosnian Serbs...
...salesman who convinces Helen that he's a spy who needs her help. He even treats Arnold to his personal view on life and women at one point. But he's too slimy for words, the kind of guy who has to lie for sex. He's a jerk, and his lifestyle is clearly not one to be imitated...