Word: overreaction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whom he otherwise regards as a wise and potentially great statesman. Perhaps Carter's conviction that right makes might-that morality, truth and trust matter so much in politics-prevented him from viewing the Soviet Union more pragmatically at the outset, then caused him to overreact when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Carter's lack of an intuitive grasp of how to deal with the Soviets, combined with his righteous wrath over their misbehavior, has made him all the more susceptible to what Vance sees as Brzezinski's excessive reliance on punitive policies...
...sick of the use of such words as "excessive" "overreaction," "antagonistic" and similar others to describe the raising of demands by Black students here. The overall situtation for Harvard University Black students is frightening: it is nearly impossible for us to overreact as we lash out at the problems of blatant and structural racism and insensivity as they affect us. Those such as yourself who are concerned with the intensity and number of demands that Black students raise would be best advised to use your time and energies to recognize and work to end this University's and this society...
Many Kennedy backers began switching to Carter during the Iranian crisis. Said Detroit Air Traffic Clerk Betsy McCamman, 29: "It's not what Carter did, it's what he didn't do. He didn't overreact." Then Kennedy dismayed still other backers by attacking deposed Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. To James Schroeder, 33, a hotel bellman in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., this was "dirty pool." Said he: "If anything, Kennedy should have attacked the militants. He should have supported the President." Complained Richard Maynard, 30, a high school social studies teacher in Philadelphia: "There was a move...