Word: reactional
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ramsey's negative reaction to being benched against Indianapolis, with the score tied 7-7 after three quarters, reportedly contributed to his departure. Flutie replaced him and led the Patriots to a 21-17 victory in that game...
...Lighthouse Preservation Society had directed me to the Thacher Island people, so I assumed that they must be working together. But when I asked what role the LPS had with the island, I got a negative reaction. No one on the dock seemed to care...
Thacher Island seems to be a case in point. The society's approach with fundraising ideas didn't pan out, as was clear from the talk I'd heard at the yacht club. Again, though, I thought their reaction was understandable...
...people remember what happened. The first polls showed that by a 2-to-1 ratio the public felt Bentsen had won. Soon, print pundits were pummeling Quayle from both left and right. At first the Bush campaign expressed guarded satisfaction. Quayle was bloodied but unbeaten. Bush's reaction was predictably hyperbolic: Quayle "knocked it right out of the park." But campaign chief Jim Baker, never a Quayle fan, seemed to be damning Dan with faint praise: "When you think about what might have happened, we have to be pretty happy...
...Crimson--which likes to go wide when pushing the ball up the field--started with a cramped and hesitant running game in the first half, trying to anticipate the reaction of the ball and create chances out of the corners...