Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...opposition of the Legion to the Conference was inevitable and in keeping with its tradition of shortsighted reaction; the action of the State Department, if not expected, was not a great shock; but the alliance of Schlesinger with the bogus A.I.F. was certainly a surprise in his own community, which has come to think of him as a sober and considered political thinker. The Conference he chose to attack probably won't accomplish anything, thanks to the opposition to it. His opposition is justified on the grounds of personal belief; but more reasoned and more careful disapproval might have carried...
...Millions of Americans were either shocked or pleased by President Truman's S.O.B. remark. But what about . . . Drew Pearson's reaction? . . . Surely the gentleman has not taken it lying down...
State's presentation had been grave, cautious and deliberate. The reaction was in kind. In the Senate, no jingoistic ranters sawed the air. Only one Senator-Nevada's Republican George W. Malone -said publicly that he would vote against it. Most of the nation's editorialists gave their sober approval-with the notable exception of the nation's largest newspaper, the America Firsting New York Daily News. Snapped the Daily News: "Uncle Sam or Sap is now . . . making official his scrapping of President George Washington's solemn warning to this country to keep...
...jokester who cracks that a man is "allergic to his wife," or "allergic to his job" may be on sound scientific ground, says Swartz. Unhappiness at home or office can cause allergic reaction that results, for instance, in asthma. Swartz tells of a garment manufacturer whose asthma became almost unbearable every spring, and then improved in the fall. It was not a case of pollen sensitivity, as the victim thought, but worry over his business sense. In March he made up his samples and started to worry; by September, he knew that his judgment about them had been all right...
...Amherst reaction to the article has been mixed. Fun-loving students of the progressive college are pleased to see that their pleasant life has been selected as a model for briefing cadets on the vagaries of the outside world. But local fraternities, who have found that visiting cadets adapt to Amherst's casual college life with incredible rapidity, are even now wondering if the article may touch off a march of joy-bent gray legions through the quiet Massachusetts hills...