Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Subjective art is imperialism; the painter insists that everyone's reaction should be the same as his-a childish piece of egotism. The objective artist is democratic; he keeps his personality out of it. He does not say: "This is what I saw." He says: "This is what was to be seen...
...their first panicky reaction, Chileans tore into the U.S. tariff talk. Santiago's La Hora protested that it "counters principles [of freer world trade] backed by the U.S. in Bretton Woods, Havana, and Bogotá." Government leaders understood that it was only one part of their problem...
...This reaction is in direct contrast to the undergraduate vote, which was more than two to one in favor of permitting Communists to teach, except in the social sciences. The latter tally was 724 to 520 in favor...
Vishinsky's reaction was unfavorable, but not immediately vitriolic. He commented that it "seems too one-sided" and said he would study it. The next step seemed to be a debate on the Western proposals. After that, some bargaining might begin...
...vanes gave so much trouble that the Viking's designers (Glenn L. Martin Co. and Reaction Motors) eliminated them entirely. The Viking's gas blast is deflected for steering purposes by tilting the whole combustion chamber from side to side...