Word: reacted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this point, Dulles took a look backward: "I believe that the original Korean attack would not have occurred if it had not been assumed either that we would not react at all, or, if we did react, would react only at the place and by the means that the aggressors chose...
...involvement in a fresh war in Indo-China. For another, Treasury Secretary Humphrey and Budget Director Dodge have warned that a stepped-up military program will ruin their crusade for a balanced budget. The State Department, for its part, is worrying about how its European allies, notably Britain, might react to direct intervention, or even to a blockade of Communist China...
Chinese intellectuals are sure to react unfavorably to the type of thought-control instituted by the Communists, because it is in direct repudiation of China's past and culture. This is even more true, because "Intellectual life in China today must be not only Communist, but Russian," Tingfu charged...
...withering blast of heat and flame followed, searing everything in its path. On the third deck, Steward Osie Ward and ten of his shipmates were trapped in the stewards' compartment. "A big flame came down the hatchway to our compartment," said Ward. "At first we didn't react. But a split second later the same thing happened again. One of the men, who was getting ready for a shower, ran up the hatchway and into the flame. The ensign and I pulled him down." But the .sailor was fatally burned...
...punish them physically or expel them. You must never raise your voice to them-if you argue, you are conceding their right to yell at you. You must never stand near them and never, never touch them-hatred for a teacher is part of their code and they must react or lose face if you do. You must never present them with ultimatums. But you must never cater to them in the slightest and never lie to them -they can sense fear or phoniness like animals. Your job is to keep them quiet while you teach those...