Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Followers, of theatrical despatches for many weeks have been burrowing through masses of statistics and superlative, relative to this dramatic mastodon which was making its way from Europe under the direction of Max Reinhardt. To these reports there was a dual reaction: 1) natural curiosity; 2) the peculiarly American scepticism that demands a demonstration. Many spectators went to the theatre with imaginations keyed so high that they were almost bound to be disappointed...
...will also admit that he does not like the life of a "grind". His own feeling of reaction after such periods of study shows him that to the normal young man such application is unnatural. He comes to the logical conclusion that while he may have wasted time away from his books, the "grind" is also wasting a good deal of valuable time over those same books...
...California and was editor and business manager of The Pacific Fancier, a poultry paper. In November, 1922, she took up her work with Mr. Hearst in Manhattan, giving advice on things valuable to women, both by article and by letter. In the words of the blurb "Prudence's reaction to each letter is individual in itself. . , . Come to Prudence with confidence! Your letter is not departmentalized, rubber stamped, or form-letter-answered. If you have never received a letter from Prudence Penny, you have a sweet experience before...
...Catholic reaction to the dissensions is that "Protestantism has utterly failed." This idea was voiced last week in sermons and articles...
...reaction of Paddy Mullins, manager of the Negro, was instantaneous. Said he: "It's all right for Dempsey to explain how he intends to dispose of Harry, but explaining and actual demonstration are two different things." Paddy added that he had been "refilling his fountain pen for four years" hoping that Jack Kearns (manager to Dempsey) would come to terms...