Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...suicide as a material for headlines, but all such topics begin to have a hollow ring; and when, as in the present instance, they are ignored, and youth is discussed by a competent and seasoned observer, the result is no revelation, but only a personal and far from sensational reaction to a far from sensational state of affairs...
...French composer famed throughout the U. S. for his sound depiction of a giant cross-country engine, Pacific 231, announced last week in Paris that his next symphony will be called Rugby. Into music he will put the scrimmaging of a football match, trying "to express the pulsating action, reaction, rhythm and color that animates the great contest of muscles, brawn and strategic skill...
...monologue by a teacher instead of a reciprocal, entente between teacher and student doubtless will still consider the project presumptuous, for to such people any interpretation of one's studies from a subjective point of view is an anomaly. Others there are however, who welcome the student's reaction to his courses, whether offered merely as an emotional outlet or as a guide to succeeding students; and be it said immediately that the latter is the governing console for the present effort. It is for this class as well as for undergraduates that the CRIMSON offers the patchwork...
...Reaction and the New Era in Prussia," Professor Langer, Harvard...
Since the War. "In the reaction from wartime exaltation the moral power of the nation suffered little diminution." Heavy taxes were borne courageously. Three times taxes have been reduced, "saving the nation between $6,000,000 and $7,000,000 each day." The national debt will have been reduced by one-third next June. "The saving in interest alone is about $1,000,000 for each...