Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...market reaction to the G. M. statement was slight; its news had been largely discounted through expectation. Yet the stock promptly moved up 2% points...
...These tendencies, if allowed to continue unchecked, are almost certain, on the one hand, to lead to severe economic reaction and depression, and are likely, on the other, to encourage the impression that Germany is not acting with due regard to her reparation obligations...
...excluding discussion as to whether or not this would ever be advisable with the American undergraduate, it may be pointed out that in those institutions which have tried this arrangement-- Columbia and Smith--the tendency has been toward a decrease in the number of Honor men, a contrary reaction from what might be expected. This is of course undesirable, especially when there are other means of meeting the situation. Those means are, namely, the privileges accorded Junior and Senior candidates for Distinction...
...Professor Arno Benedict Luckhardt of the University of Chicago reminded the Academy, is dangerous to a person with a weak heart. The sudden compression of the chest when the lungs are fully inflated checks the flow of blood, produces a sudden fall in blood pressure, followed by a rapid reaction high above the normal...
...characters were always engaging; no nastiness could be found in Author Bacon's bestsellers, just nice people doing nice things. Now, with the publication of Counterpoint after ten years, a few readers, remembering the old books, will be struck with the way a similar article produces a different reaction. Over this story of Will Stickney, of Naomi Lestrange (whom he marries, with whom he parts after vicissitudes, to whom he returns at the last), of many highly imaginary musical celebrities, there is a heavy coating of dust which almost obscures the few virtues which Author Bacon, as an artist...