Word: reaction
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Glenville eruption, said the mayor, was "uniquely different from any other in any other city in the country. The others were a spontaneous reaction to an unresponsive environment. But this was a small group of determined men who planned an attack on the police." Reports that other cities-including Chicago, Detroit and Pittsburgh-were targeted for riot turned out to be merely rumors...
...average dropped 13.60 points on the first day, recording the worst setback since June 5, 1967. For the week, the Dow dropped a total of 25.45 points to wind up at 888.47, way below the cherished "support level" of 900. Brokers claimed that the sell-off was a delayed reaction to bad news concerning the Paris peace talks and the Czechoslovak-Russian confrontation, combined with an anticipated economic slowdown as a result of the 10% tax surcharge. Frederick Stahl, chairman of Standard & Poor's, suggested that the midweek closings themselves were partly responsible because they eroded investors' confidence...
...Harvard the reaction was quick. Dr. Roger Revelle, Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Policy and Director of the Harvard Center for Population Studies, called the decision "appalling." He said that the position of the Pope "serves neither the Catholic Church or Humanity," and concluded that man must rethink the moral and ethical arguements concerning birth control in the future...
...uprising in 1956, but Tito has been followed in this decade by the puritanical Chinese and their sympathizers in Albania, then by Rumania's Nicolae Ceausescu, who wanted to pursue a freer foreign policy. Thus Russia now finds itself caught in the middle, between the Stalinist reaction of China on one side and the liberal yearnings of Czechoslovakia on the other...
...Drama Student Toni Johns, 20: "I feel proud that I can date white boys, that my companion can do it, that we have no hang-ups, that we have enough sense and our heads are in the right place." And when it is a case of true love, the reaction can be fiery. Says Seattle Negro Musician Ernie Hatfield, 18, of his white fiancee: "We're not trying to prove anything. We love each other, that's all. To me Linda is Linda, my girl. If you don't feel this coming...