Word: reacted
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...wanted to react to the announcement of French culture's extinction, rather than simply revel in the silence of the tomb into which you had hurled us. For the whole month of December, outrage poured out everywhere: in the papers, on the radio, on television and at dinner tables. A few amiable traitors confirmed your hypothesis, and accused the French state and its "official culture" of having encouraged this death. They did so out of pique, or - and in this they were not wrong - out of admiration for American creativity. For a few weeks, every argument was thrown into...
...fifth-grader lamented, kids today are kept inside “if there is a rain cloud…if there is a snowflake...if there are puddles.” Coddled to this extreme, they will hardly be able to deal with sleet; how will they react to a bad SAT score, a pink slip, or jilted love? We commend groups ranging from the Centers for Disease Control and the PTA for advocating for the preservation of recess. Though elimination of the period may eliminate legal risk and expand instructional time, the educational experience of today?...
...leads the next government, that homecoming is assured - Samak has promised to pardon Thaksin and his ex-TRT colleagues. How the military will react is unclear. General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who led the 2006 coup and has since appointed himself a Deputy Prime Minister, has promised to "accept the people's judgment." After campaigning began, the military announced that it needed nearly $9 billion over 10 years to modernize and buy new weapons, which reads very much like the price of its loyalty to the next government...
...students feel the same about missing their homes,” said Evgenia K. Peeva ’08, an international student from Bulgaria. “It’s just harder [for internationals] to react and go home...
...David and Goliath matchup it’s clear what kind of competition David presents. But in this realm, inexperienced fencers do not move in the same ways seasoned veterans do. “It’s always hard to adjust to beginners because you expect them to react in a certain way and then they don’t react,” co-captain Samantha Parker said. “It’s a different sort of game you’re playing then. You’re not preparing your actions in the same...