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"That would be a bit of a knee-jerk reaction, " Mr. Bale said. "This is a historical piece. "

Specialty development for a fiber producer is a task that is often addressed in a chaotic and knee-jerk manner.

"In our society, people are so quick to have knee-jerk reactions to something that's none of their business, " he said.

But she turned down the offer because of her long-term plans and a desire to avoid knee-jerk decisions based on what commodity is hot.

It seemed to be some sort of knee-jerk reaction to tradition, throwing away the controls and standards in favor of anarchy.

And I admit that some of it was simply a knee-jerk reaction that parents too often have: It's easier to say no than yes.

Try to avoid knee-jerk reactions to things - this is often a sign that you haven't really thought the situation through.

Every time you mention the word "outsourcing" among IT professionals (especially in the U. S. ) there's a predictable knee-jerk reaction.

But the markets' remarkably relaxed reaction showed none of the knee-jerk volatility that might have been expected.

there's knee-jerk nationalism and a desire to be part of the larger world.

It's impossible to say hello without smiling. One leads to the other just as a tap causes a knee jerk.

I found that 'knee-jerk' reaction curious, so I have a few questions and I'm hoping one of the naysayers will step up and answer them.

The Saudi response to the recent knee-jerk buoyancy of oil futures was to hold prices and hope to work off brim-full inventories.

That was less than an effusive welcome but better than another knee-jerk denunciation of the Dalai Lama.

After counting the money and realizing that $100 was missing, the manager's knee-jerk response was to fire the clerk.

In Yesanguan the knee-jerk response of the local government was to try to keep reporters away from Ms Deng.

In the media, in politics, in unions and in charities there can be a knee-jerk dislike of the basic concepts that underpin commerce.

The yen recovered after an initial knee-jerk reaction to sell the currency drove it to a two-week low against the dollar.

"It's not a knee-jerk reaction to economic pressure, " Mr. Campbell said. "Every generation needs to rediscover its own resources. "

This, however, would be a knee-jerk reaction to a subtle argument.

So, had my knee-jerk reliance on olive oil blinded me to a better, healthier, tastier way of life?

But I don't believe in allowing that to blind us to what is in our best interests, or giving knee-jerk approval to anything Israel does.

The knee-jerk reaction of blaming the person who falls asleep is not really looking at the big picture.

"The knee-jerk reaction is to think that all stress is bad, but this may not be so in pregnancy, " she says.

Large-cap stocks led the rally Wednesday as a knee-jerk reaction to the rise of their H-share counterparts.

One Yahoo shareholder said that if Microsoft took sides publicly it would risk provoking a knee-jerk defensive response from Yahoo.

Amid such caution, the impact of bad news on the budget deficit could be limited beyond a knee-jerk reaction, they argue.

Look at all these knee jerk reactions which criticize the U. S. for "imposing" its values on China.

He's facing intense, knee-jerk opposition to his efforts to rescue the economy.

Mr Barroso warned against knee- jerk reactions to the global downturn , urging action that was "both targeted and proportionate " .

Forget about results, or lack thereof. Put your energy into having a healthy and robust discussion free from knee-jerk reactions.

Unfortunately for us men, staring at women's shirts is as involuntary as a knee jerk.

Simple reflexes include sucking, swallowing, Blinking, scratching, and the knee jerk .

Putative Chinese investments abroad sometimes face a reaction of knee-jerk nationalism.

Polakow-Suransky is no knee-jerk critic of Israel, and he tells his story more in sorrow than anger.

Across the Web 2. 0 world, we're seeing a quiet-but-knee-jerk shift away from UGC in favor of professional content.

The neurological examination disclosed absent knee jerk.

Knee-jerk reactions from politicians have caused headaches aplenty.

"What we don't need right now are knee-jerk laws, introduced just for the sake of being seen to do something, " he told SPIEGEL ONLINE.

Companies should avoid making knee-jerk reactions that they may come to regret later.

But such knee-jerk reactions only expose the weakness of subway security, experts say.

But, leaving knee-jerk reactions aside, perhaps we give markets too little credit.

A lesson, perhaps, for those who have similar knee-jerk reactions to things like human cloning.

If Barack Obama becomes president, he won't have the same knee-jerk opposition to spending.

We need to build opportunities for mutual understanding and co-operation and avoid simplistic and knee-jerk reactions.

In the past, my friends called me a knee-jerk liberal.

As a result regulators and credit-rating agencies promised to avoid knee-jerk reactions to mark-to-market losses.

Either way, the knee-jerk reaction from organizations shouldn't be to simply block access to the social network.

The sell-off on China's bank shares Wednesday should be largely a knee-jerk reaction, because the banks' fundamentals remain intact.

Perhaps not every time or instantly. Sometimes a knee-jerk reaction just goes off.

By the time you've thought it through, you're probably past yelling at your mom, which is a knee-jerk response.

The micro-expression only tells you their knee-jerk emotional state.

And knee-jerk rich-bashing, like Labour's tax hike, seldom makes for good policy.

But then I read the knee-jerk calls for baton charges, rubber bullets and worse.

The knee-jerk assumption of globalisation, he argues, is that as countries modernise they take on western characteristics.

This is an understandable knee-jerk reaction to news that rates will stay lower for longer.

Investors should never knee-jerk react in such situations.

He has previously warned of the dangers of knee-jerk regulation, fearing knock-on effects on unrelated areas such as private photography.

Initially the knee jerk is to sell JPY, but the reality is that JPY strengthens dramatically.

The knee jerk is a typical respondent.

I got very nervous at the whistle. This is knee-jerk reaction.

Methods: 44 children accepted three kinds of tests including classic false-belief, inhibitory control and knee-jerk reflex.

"In this day and age you should have a point of view, but not necessarily one that's rooted in knee-jerk ideology, " he says.

Is a knee jerk not voluntary?

A typical knee jerk reaction is call it 'greed' but that is not helpful.

"The knee-jerk reaction is to set the cameras down because of what happened to them, and I think that is not right, " said Mr.

Investors' knee-jerk reaction to the market downturn led to a sell-off,

Critics called the decision to ban the film a knee-jerk reaction by the government made out of fear,