Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week's end, as reconnaissance planes droned ineffectively over the bloodstained jungle around Luluabourg, Belgian officialdom was hopefully awaiting the reaction of Congolese politicians to Schrijver's timetable for independence. But to outsiders-and to many Belgians as well-it seemed doubtful that any timetable, however reasonable, could ward off the chaos that was descending upon one of the world's richest colonies...
Having learned that red light was the key, the scientists squeezed the juice out of bean seedlings, separated the juices into many different fractions, and tested each for its reaction to red light. Their quarry proved to be a protein-containing pigment that makes up only one part in one million of the juice...
...projects these qualities. The audience at Saturday's performance found a good deal of humor in it, but for the most part it made me want to whimper like a whipped dog at the unmeaning cruelty with which people live with one another. This is not my favorite reaction to a play; I do not unreservedly enjoy the sensation of clenching my fingernails into my palms to steel myself against a crescendo of misery. It would be easy to find The Glass Menagerie dreary; I myself would not want to see it again for a long time. If not done...
...Reaction of Pink Adjuncts...
...order, Lynch said it was a known fact Russia spends at least $4 million per year for subversion, and "the reaction of pink adjuncts of the communist apparatus to [the Council's original motion against the Khrushchev trip] evidenced the lavish expenditure of funds for subversion in this city...