Word: react
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When the concert was over, few of the prisoners wanted to leave. Said Louie Mareno, a Chicano: "I've been in jail a long time, but I've never seen a group react to anyone like this." Said Captain Buzz Brewer of the Salvation Army: "I've never seen anything like this in the eleven years I've been working in prisons." A white convict named Forrest summed up the scene: "When you can get all these races together acting as a whole, that's good. It was a miracle considering all the tensions here...
...long dormant or mild, rise to the surface. To the Jews, this influx of 'schvartzes' (Yiddish for dark-skinned people) represents a clear threat to their middle class lives. Worse still, this "invasion" threatens their basic values. People who played by the rules of the game are apt to react defensively when the rules are changed in midgame. The Jewish middle class sees itself under attack for succeeding, and becoming wealthy, by the economic rules that were handed down to them from the ruling groups. The meritocracy, rewarding talent and ignoring ethnic background allowed the sons and daughters of these...
...they should have to pay for the sins of the people who oppressed them too. Their ethos--that success should be the reward of merit alone, an ethos that allowed them to compete with the rest of America by stressing hard work and education--is being threatened, and they react with fear and anger. Some examples are in order...
Begin's dilemma had been how to devise a suitable response to Sadat's stunning peace overture. As days went by, the pressure on Israel to react grew and grew. What was needed from the Israelis was concessions that would be sufficiently important to allow the negotiating process to continue-if possible, with the support of Syria and the other Arab states that chose to boycott the Cairo conference. Begin recognized the challenge and, according to aides, relished the idea of going down in history as a peacemaker. Since their Jerusalem meeting, he and Sadat had continued...
...slap at the Soviets. If the Soviets take it and don't react, then it will mean nothing," he said. "But conversely, [Sadat] could provoke the Soviets to respond in a sharp way," Safran added