Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Decision on Missiles. There was a vast difference between the White House mood last week and the reaction to President Eisenhower's 1955 heart attack. That first time everyone was excited and confused, wondering how-and even if-the Government could carry on in the President's absence. Few such questions arose last week. Says Nixon: "We had been over it all before." Bill Rogers was asked if any legal document or procedure was necessary to provide for interim administration. His answer: no. That said, the five-man group got down to business. How the U.S. Government operated...
...Japan, which would like to get Okinawa and the rest of the Ryukyu chain back some day, reaction was sharp. "Utter contempt for voters' rights," said Asahi Shimbun. "The prestige of American administration on Okinawa has reached an alltime low in Japanese eyes," said the Japan Times. Summed up one Japanese: "It is unAmerican, and counter to the democratic principles the Americans have taught...
...three-stage Vanguard missile that feeped yesterday morning sat on the test stand for a while playing dragon and then sort of rolled over and died. The brief blast of the Navy's missile was followed by long and uphappy statements from most of this nation's leaders. Reaction abroad was an interesting contrast as our allies wore amused smiles, obviously enjoying the sight of the vaunted American technology explode so indecorously...
...spoke in reaction to the Student Council's newly published report on freshman physical training, which recommended that "the Physical Training minimal requirements for freshmen who have part-time jobs of nine or more hours per week be reduced...
...story the professor often loses the reader as well as himself in his abstract speculations on his own emotional life. The third person is used for first person narrative, a very difficult device to handle, and sometimes runs away from the story in efforts to explain the professor's reaction to people, things, or thoughts. Too many elements are unsuccessfully introduced and confusion ensues. In the last part, however, when the narrative centers more exclusively around the man and his son, it works much better...