But the greatest demonstration of native instinct in this "Jewels" was unquestionably the Paris Opera Ballet's "Emeralds".
In the decades since he first took his seat on the New York Stock Exchange, he often used his native instinct for identifying the next big thing.
That such a craven lunge at commercial success was masterminded by people with little native instinct for musicals and what Mr. Berger calls a "nausea for disposable pop culture" — an odd qualification for creating a comic-book adaptation — might have offered a clue that trouble lay ahead.
The heroes and villains are separated not by metaphysical essence but by choices, habits and the durability of a native ethical instinct, embodied in the flawed, diffident Walter Garber, that somehow survives amid all the excess and corruption.
What keeps Ms. Stritch soaring on a stage are native theatrical instincts and a fierce energy that defy easy categorization, moral or otherwise.
If conservative populism expresses any authentic, native ideological instincts, it has been co-opted by plutocrat running dogs like Americans for Prosperity, the likes of whom also blind the public to the really crucial truth: that there really is a class war that it really is us, the 99%, against the crooked, opulent remainder.
But an opposed instinct, native to capitalism in its purest form, wanted the state kept weak and poor so as not to intrude where it wasn't wanted.
Because lionfish are not common in the Atlantic, the ocean's ecosystem is particularly vulnerable, with native fish lacking an instinct to keep away from them.
He was a legend in boxing, a gentleman and a Brooklyn native with a killer instinct and business savvy that as he put it, made Showtime a strong Avis to HBO's Hertz.
One expectation arising from Alan Gilbert's appointment as music director of the New York Philharmonic was that, by instinct and experience, this native New Yorker would foster the creation and performance of works by American composers.
And as we discovered on our four-day trip, exploring Fez independently — trusting in native Fassi hospitality and our own instincts, along with an assist from contemporary technology — is not only possible, it's also vastly rewarding.
