Word: reacted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Authorities say the officer was investigating a report of armed prowlers in the schoolyard; in the darkness the distinct flash of light from the toy gun made it look as if a real pistol were being fired. "The deputy reacted as he had been trained to react," said City Manager Lauren M. Wasserman. "He had a hundredth of a second to make a decision." Said the boy's father Joseph Falcon, who had been uneasy about the toy guns: "Something has got to be done to warn people...
...tired crowd, half of them kneeling before him in the white brilliant light that he loves. "Mr. President," bellowed a television reporter, "Do you think you can change a vote around? "His voice echoed in the mosaic hallway. The president of the United States, preoccupied and confused, failed to react, then shrugged expressively when the question was repeated...
...lashed out bitterly at U.S. Jews for failing to stand up for the Pollards. One broadside, published in the Jerusalem Post, came from Political Science Professor Shlomo Avineri, a former director general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Addressing U.S. Jews, Avineri declared, "When the going gets tough, your leaders react like trembling Israelites in the shtetl, not like the proud and mighty citizens of a free democratic society . . . America, it now appears, may not be your promised land." Days later the Post reported that U.S. Senator David Durenberger had said privately that the Pollard affair may have had its roots...
...Indeed, his group has already decided to cannibalize its North Liberty Radio Observatory near Iowa City. Says Mutel: "I'm trying to get the NSF ((National Science Foundation)) to see if it can free up some money. It will be interesting to see how quickly a big bureaucracy can react...
...much strength, and is too deeply committed to change, to shrink from confrontation if it is felt to be necessary. "We will try this for the first half of the year," says a student leader at Seoul National University. "But we do not know how the government will react to these new tactics. They may be even more brutal, and then things will escalate once again. I can't tell how it will develop." Given South Korea's tradition of student dissent, the protesters seem likely to remain in the streets...