Word: reactional
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush and his deputies replied, with considerable justification, that it would have been irresponsible to implicate the U.S. fully in a fuzzy coup scheme that would have riled much of Latin America. Still, their tangled and tentative reaction to the uprising raised disturbing questions about the Administration's ability to respond to a crisis. In the three days leading up to and during the coup, the U.S. was hobbled by a breakdown of communications, a distressing lack of reliable intelligence and an obvious dearth of contingency plans should the call for a revolt against Noriega finally be answered...
...predictable as the grumbling from Detroit was the calm reaction in Japan, whose share of the U.S. market has climbed from 15% in 1979 to 25% today. "It's not that tough technologically, but we'll need some lead time," said a Japanese auto-company official. He added that the new standards would raise sticker prices "only marginally" because Japanese firms typically rely on thinner profit margins than their U.S. counterparts...
...about $85 a passenger, announced that, as of Jan. 15, 51% of Canada's national rail network and 37% of its work force will be eliminated. This means the loss of the Canadian and the end of an era. Additional cuts affect thousands of riders across Canada, and their reaction was loud and indignant. "They've cut the Maritimes and the prairies adrift," cried Charles Crosby, mayor of the Nova Scotian fishing town of Yarmouth. "The railway was one of the things that held us together...
...Student reaction to the announcement was mixed. Many interviewed said they had hoped the rebate would recover to its 1987 level...
...Jewett said he was not surprised that freshmen had what he called a 'knee-jerk' reaction against randomization," said Harmon. "Our main goal now is to show him that we have had informed discussion about randomization and that we legitimately oppose...