Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...technical words, a record of what has been going on in science and industry. Makers of plastics also make words and expressions for everyday use, and polyvinyl. Since the 1936 edition, the physicists too have been busy producing words and expressions for everyday use, e.g., atomic pile, chain reaction, Einstein equation and fissionable...
...also hit the U.S. for its policy of supporting reaction in both Greece and Turkey, calling it a moral disgrace for Spain to be a member of either the U.N. or the Atlantic Pact. Aiken posed an unanswered question on how to deal with the "unrest of desperate men which gives birth to totalitarianism...
ciate professor of History, maintained that, "to give the power back to private hands would lead the way to reaction, and to political and economic upheaval similar to that experienced in 1929. To give it completely to the Government, on the other hand, would eventually lead to a totalitarian state...
Congressional reaction to the Brannan plan indicates that it will probably not be adopted in this session and certainly will not be adopted without extensive modifications. The Administration looks for great political appeal in the plan--to the farmers with high support prices, and to labor with low market prices. Although at present the plan is largely the result of campaign promises, it contains some interesting possibilities for a long range agricultural plan...
...opinion of many of its listeners, gone downhill as well. Its programs rely heavily on the playing of short, and often inferior Rombergish selections, and are surfeited with mediocre commercials. Longer symphonic works mean less space for commercial plugs, and have therefore dropped to second place in programming. Listener reaction has been sharp: "The trouble is," says Program Director John Thornton, "that people expect a lot, and give nothing in return. When the Endowment Series was discontinued, we received over a thousand letters from our listeners. But if the deficit on the Series were divided among these people, it would...