Word: reacting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...didn't react well to their press--we made mental mistakes on transition," Miller said. "We made some nice plays on defense, then we turned it right over. It was kind of demoralizing...
Labor supporters had hoped that the public would react with outrage and demand that the president declare an official 60-day cooling-off period and appoint a special panel to resolve the crisis, as the union had requested...
Phillips stresses that fencing is both mental and physical, more so than any other sport. "You are constantly watching the other guy. You are constantly guessing what you're going to do and second-guessing how he's gonna react. And all the while, you have to be an athlete. It's not just brute athleticism...
...first days after the Ayatullah's shocking death threat, governments and the general public alike in the U.S. and Western Europe were slow to react. Who could believe that a book that practically nobody had read -- and an often obscure if sometimes brilliant one, at that -- was the catalyst precipitating a bizarre international crisis...
...shelves," said Leonard Riggio, B. Dalton's chief executive officer. "It is regrettable that a foreign government has been able to hold hostage our most sacred First Amendment principle. Nevertheless, the safety of our employees and patrons must take precedence." Though American writers' groups were at first slow to react to the controversy, the 2,200- member PEN American Center later issued a statement in support of Rushdie...