But the verdict reached by millions almost impulsively, that he lacked (at least at that time) the judgement, clout and indefinable x-factor of a plausible prime minister, was surely closer to the truth.Indeed, Mr Gladwell would question whether such rapid judgements are irrational at all.
Prince Turki al-Faisal, a long-time former head of Saudi intelligence, explained recently in Washington that the Saudis feel "a high level of disappointment in the US government's dealings," noting pointedly that "we never act impulsively".Some suspect that the Saudis, by rejecting the UN council seat, intend not to revert into shyness, but to adopt a more aggressive regional role.
Mr Yeltsin's shake-up has—as he intended produced a slimmed down, more reformist and professional government, ensuring the continued ascendancy of modernisers after 2000.The suggestion that Mr Yeltsin acted impulsively by sacking Viktor Chernomyrdin, plunging the country into yet another round of political uncertainty, is ridiculous.
He impulsively wed a second time but instantly dumped his bride on learning that an earlier liaison had led to her pregnancy.
Advocating constructive intervention and dissuading America from acting impulsively to avoid adding to "the very sectarian divide that it wants to narrow" is worthwhile.
It is entirely probable that Australians want their troops to stay in Iraq for the time being, mainly to help the Iraqis restore their lives rather than to shore up a relationship with Washington that many feel has grown a bit too deferential under Mr Howard.For his part, Mr Latham risks being cast as a leader impulsively reacting to events.
Mr Aquino himself still carries a bullet, along with his guilt.Mr Aquino, president himself since 2010, recently recounted this incident to The Economist, to explain the lesson he took from it: not to act impulsively.
She greeted me cautiously; I smiled faintly at her and decided to sit on the other side of the room .The plucky Williams, a former health-care assistant who worked with learning-disabled patients, impulsively decided to take up work in a hospital morgue in Gloucestershire.
Yet his most popular, and profitable, works were impulsively tossed off: "Treasure Island" began as a map he painted for his stepson one rainy day, followed within days by chapters serialised in a children's paper, Young Folk.
On top of all this, some Liberal Democrat MPs, cross that the party is seen as impulsively pro-Brussels, are reportedly urging their leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, to back a referendum.In this section Can Gordon fix the National Health Service?
She had visited many islands impulsively, she says, before understanding the common thread: their simplified ecology exposes "the delicate balance of living communities and the consequences of the ways we exploit or nurture our own little island, Earth .Like coral reefs, she argues, the earth itself is a delicate island ecosystem in peril.
