Overlearned

A look back suggests the president and his allies may have "overlearned" the lessons of President Bill Clinton's 1993-1994 health-care defeat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He thinks some people, especially younger investors, have "overlearned" the lesson of 2008 and therefore are shying away from the stock market too much. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For a while, the line here was that the Obama administration had "overlearned" the lessons of the failed Clinton strategy from that last, ambitious reform effort. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Engineers have determined that for most people, driving is an "overlearned" activity that can be done without conscious thought or effort. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One reason the Israelis had gotten into so much trouble during the early days of the war was that they "overlearned" the lessons of the 1967 Six Day War. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If the Times's new paywall is too easily breached, perhaps that is because the paper's executives overlearned the lesson of their last attempt at charging for online access. ❋ James Taranto (2011)

We've overlearned the High Noon scenario of good guys versus bad guys. ❋ Carla Seaquist (2011)

But Baker -- who did predict the housing crisis and so has some actual credibility on this subject -- thinks that some analysts have perhaps overlearned the lessons of the past few years. ❋ Unknown (2011)

As we have touched on throughout the last few chapters, overlearned actions operate largely outside working-memory. ❋ Ph.D. Sian Beilock (2010)

GERGEN: Anderson, I-- I think that, in -- they may have overlearned the lessons of the Clinton administration by essentially assigning almost all the responsibility for writing the bill, the health care bill, to Congress. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Obama (some would say) overlearned the lesson of Hillary Clinton's healthcare fiasco. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jared Bernstein agreed that the Treasury might have overlearned the lesson of Lehman, bending over too far to prevent financial behemoths from suffering the consequences of their actions. ❋ JONATHAN ALTER (2010)

But the Wikileaks scandal shows that some lessons can be overlearned. ❋ John Fund (2010)

This whole story vindicates Andrew Sullivan's thesis that the Clintons remain in a "defensive crouch" because they overlearned certain lessons of the Sixties: you must deny anything having to do with drugs, or you will be marked as culturally disqualified, etc. etc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pundits have offered a range of reasons for why health reform that was wildly popular and on which the President and two houses of Congress were elected has turned so far south in public opinion: The White House overlearned the lessons of the Clintons by letting a dysfunctional Congress try to create the legislation on their own. ❋ Unknown (2009)