Word: reaction
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...obstruction of Defense Secretary McNamara the year before, and in that case no one was punished. John U. Monro, then Dean of the College, avoided action because this type of political protest, though "intolerable," represented a first for the College; and students had no way of knowing what reaction to expect. Monro told the Faculty that another such protest would be handled severely, but he failed to communicate this message to most students...
Dunlop's initial reaction when asked why he agreed to chair the committee was, "I was out of my mind." But he quickly added that it was just a case of, "Franklin asked me to do it and I agreed to do it." Dunlop was on sabbatical this year, and his work as chairman cut into his own leave time...
...proliferation treaty began only after Kennedy publicly raised the issue in a 1965 Senate speech. They didn't see that Kennedy meant as much to the frenzied crowds as they did to him. They refused to take his humor for its own sake, but insisted it was his sly reaction to the "ruthlessness...
...university has also become the target of activist students because it is where the student lives. In part, the reaction is one of guilt, like the black student who finds it hard to justify being in college while his people are in bondage...
...fact, chains have been unobtrusively hanging around for years. Chanel, for instance, has long fashioned rope necklaces out of tiny links, which she also uses stitched to the inside hem of suit jackets to add weight. Today's big chain reaction began in 1966, when Yves St. Laurent designed a belt made out of bold brass circles that quickly became a boutique bestseller. Now St. Laurent's latest belts are twice as wide, and there is hardly a jewelry designer who is not now clanking out chains...