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Bombast is Olbermann's métier, and his checkered employment history is of a piece with his reflexive on-air aggression.
In looking back over the article now, one passage in particular struck me: There is something feminine about Beck — the soft features, the crying on the air, the reflexive vulnerability.
Only the most verbally dexterous can immediately formulate a perfect answer to a complex inquiry, so "TAVGQ" is a reflexive placeholder, preventing dead air or the dreaded, drawn-out "ummm...," while an answer, or perhaps a diversion to a less fraught topic, develops in some other portion of the brain.
There is something feminine about Beck — the soft features, the crying on the air, the reflexive vulnerability.
Behind Rayburn's reflexive charm and his winning air of command lies a capacity for brutality, and a formidable instinct for self-preservation under stress, all gradually and inexorably revealed in Chandler's subtle, intensely psychological performance.
Sucking it down is a reflex, our first reflexive gratification.
After a certain delay (inter-stimulus interval, ISI), an unconditioned stimulus (US), such as an air puff directed at the cornea, causes a reflexive blink (unconditioned response, UR).
Reflexive, even?
They're not reflexive.
Opinions are reflexive things.
It's just reflexive?
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