Word: reactional
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...while organizers say the protest was not in reaction to the February 19 incident, many residents connected the two and this connection increased opposition to the protest...
ALTHOUGH it would have been commendable if no one had been offended by the kiss-in, such a reaction was unlikely. Because complete tolerance does not exist at Harvard, the kiss-in should have bothered people, and I'm glad...
Just the crowd's reaction to MacDonald's first goal last Saturday night--the 100th of his career--qualifies it as the most exciting goal of the week, if not the season. MacDonald joined Scott Fusco '86 as only the second Harvard hockey player to break the century mark. Fusco netted 107 goals during his Crimson career...
...blame for the booksellers' decision to take the book off their shelves must be shared by the U.S. government. In the face of such a slow official reaction to the Khomeini threats, booksellers clearly felt that they had no choice...
...guaranteed to offend any true Muslim. Rushdie points out that his work is fictional and the two most offensive chapters merely recount the demented dreams of one of its characters. But in the eyes of believers, both historical and religious truth have come under an unprecedented assault. Their reaction is especially harsh because Rushdie was raised a Muslim. Says Professor Georges Sabagh, director of the center for Near Eastern studies at UCLA: "He's engaged in the worst kind of blasphemy. He's a renegade, an apostate...