Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Simple Thing. Alarmed at the reaction and convinced that Summerfield was not bluffing, the House Appropriations Committee rushed through an approval of $41 million, and privately urged Summerfield to postpone his decrees on the promise that the House itself would virtually meet his demands before Easter recess this week. But Summerfield stood fast. Sniffed Clarence Cannon: "He's been breaking the law all along.* I don't see why he suddenly has become so pious that he can't keep essential service going.'' Mailman Summerfield refused to budge until he got cash on the barrelhead...
...budget and will probably lie unread until another wave of indignation again demands a cleanup of organized crime. The Commission made few worthwhile recommendations, and the manner in which they were presented minimizes the chances of any resulting action. A State House skeptic summed up the general reaction to the report: "At least it tells you how to play...
...cries of professed astonishment and dismay rang through Europe. There was talk of "British desertion," and Britain's NATO representative reported that NATO officials were "shocked." A typical French reaction came from the left-wing Franc-Tireur: "England has ceased to be a power. She is becoming an island once more. She is tiptoeing out of a political system built in Europe around NATO." Defense Minister Bourges-Maunoury called reliance on atomic arms a "facile policy," and not one for France, which prefers to think there will always be conventional wars. (European nations worried by British troop withdrawals from...
...York Times, that the Pentagon was "startled." The British pointed out that their plans had been outlined to John Foster Dulles at the NATO meeting last December, further developed by Sandys on his recent trip to Washington, and discussed in general terms at Bermuda. Truth was Washington reaction was somewhat like that of an audience about to witness a death-defying leap. The acrobat says what he is going to do. The announcer says when he is going to do it. But when he actually does it, the audience gasps just the same. Similarly, the Pentagon gasped rather than shook...
...Freeze. The two outer layers determine the satellite's reaction to solar radiation. Silicon monoxide is transparent to visible light, so the powerful visible part of the sun's radiation penetrates to the shiny aluminum and is mostly reflected back into space. The temperature of the aluminum rises slowly, both because it is a poor absorber and because the silicon monoxide layer in contact with it is a comparatively good radiator of infra-red (heat) rays. By experimenting with different thicknesses of silicon monoxide, the Navy's scientists think they can keep the temperature of the skin...