Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...majority of their subjects. The Ce man revolution was no exception to this rule, for it was effected by a minority party, the Socialists, and acquiesced in by the rest during that period of national demoralization which followed the unsuccessful termination of the war. Since that time the monarchial reaction has been steadily growing...
...grasp the spirit in which the Guide was published. The CRIMSON did not have in mind the voluminous compendium of advice which the Bulletin recommends for the future. To quote from the introduction to the Guide in the CRIMSON of September 28: "Each opinion printed is the honest reaction of an individual of normal intelligence to a particular subject and its manner of presentation. It pretends to nothing else." The general favorable reaction to the Guide among the undergraduates in the College is, after all, the CRIMSON's best justification for its "innovation in undergraduate journalism...
...appended verdict upon collegiate football handed down from the editorial bench of "Judge" is a highly significant expression of the reaction of mature minds against the overemphasis which is now being placed upon football in the colleges of the country. The CRIMSON does not support His Honor in urging the substitution of some other "form of intellectual exercises for football." But it readily understands how such opinions can be entertained by elder men who are dismayed and disgusted at the spectacle of the million dollar stadium, the ten-thousand dollar coach and the burly athlete throwing into complete eclipse...
...this issue of the CRIMSON are published criticisms by CRIMSON editors of some of the larger courses offered in Harvard College. Each opinion printed is the honest reaction of an individual or normal intelligence to a particular subject and its manner of presentation in Harvard classrooms. They pretend to nothing more. They do pretend, to that, and as such may be taken for what they are worth to guide other students in their choice of studies for the coming year...
...call for extensive security liquidation. Stock-market funds continue abundant and cheap. Likewise, stock brokers report customers' margins greater than at almost any other time in the recent history of Wall Street. From these facts, "market diagnosticians"-as they sometimes call themselves-generally consider the recent decline a reaction in a "bull" market rather than the inauguration of a "bear" market...