Just the same, the spot seemed to be in keeping with Dr. Dean's decision to return to his more combative instincts and fight back.

He had none of the combative instincts of his countryman Suffren, or of the average British admiral.

'Keep Your Mouth Shut' Throughout the trial, now in its sixth week, the judge has exercised his combative instincts.

Friends' Advice Mr. Rostenkowski sounded out friends and colleagues, some of whom had urged him to fight on and to follow his combative instincts.

There his combative instincts and oratory made him a darling of the progressive wing of the Texas Democratic Party.

They will subdue their combative instincts, they say, and seek "common ground" with the President.

Colleagues said he frequently was an effective balance to more combative and aggressive instincts of other advisers like Karl Rove.

You have shown with irresistible clearness how inseparably the combative and destructive instincts are bound up with the amative and vital ones in the human psyche.

Clara cannot resist her combative instincts; when a street brawl breaks out between the Vitelli and Alvarez factions, she draws a sword and plunges in.

It was the most disheartening start to the tournament for a player who prides herself on her combative instincts and ability to extend even the best players in the game.