Word: react
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...myself feel that a man is drunk when his power to react quickly is impaired. A man ought to have all his faculties ready for any emergency, and emergencies are constantly arising on the road...
...feel, however, that the outcome of this unhappy bit of legislation will be for the best. People will react just as they did to the Oppression Bills of the Revolution, and will throw off the yoke of tyranny...
...objective number (2), there is no doubt that teachers, as a class, have no more influence in politics than J. P. Morgan; in fact, professors and that gentleman share the undubious honor of being scapegoats for morons and politicians. This spirit might in the future react against educational opportunities in America, and abolish the freedom of speech and investigation which is the foundation of the greatness of great universities. So that allying with such a power as the A F. of L. Makes for a strong safeguard against the present political defencelessness of teachers...
...that young man packed up once more and entrained for the East, the vestry issued a statement concurred in by five of its members but not by three others who stood with their Bishop. Mr. Young's record and his "social point of view," said the statement, "might react unfavorably upon the minds of this community, because of past or possible future difficulties here, which have made it particularly sensitive on the subject...
...soon as he saw the red light the subject removed his foot from the accelerator, applied the brake. The time interval was electrically measured. The average reaction time was .43 sec. The fastest was .26 sec. The slowest was .90 sec. It was found that tall persons generally react a little more slowly than short people, no doubt because motor nerve impulses travel through the body at about 300 ft. per sec. and thus for tall persons the motor impulse would take longer to go from the brain to the foot. Another theory is that short people simply have less...