11.   As much as he wants to protect his tender elbow, once John Smoltz gets back out on the mound, the killer instinct tends to take over.

12.   At his best, Hernandez plays with a refined killer instinct.

13.   Besides, Bridget is a more darkly fascinating anomaly, with old-style killer instincts along with a liberated aggressiveness that suits the present day.

14.   Blood dilutes their killer instincts.

15.   Both are regular clients of Jos Vanstiphout, a London-based sports psychologist credited with sharpening the killer instincts of a pair of laid-back players.

16.   A hunger to win the big ones, the nerve to withstand the pressure, the killer instinct to hammer a lesser foe, and the strokes.

17.   All Cal State Northridge needed was killer instinct.

18.   All the Lakers want to do is fight off complacency and stoke the killer instinct they developed in the first two rounds.

19.   But do members of the Reform Party have the killer instinct they need?

20.   But can they become a team that develops a killer instinct on offense?