Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Shofner said yesterday they punched the women in an effort to expose the sexism of the traditional all-male membership and to test the reaction of the club members...
...group of students and faculty at political trend-setting Hampshire College, details what would happen if a nuclear reactor's radioactive pile got out of control. Known in the trade as "meltdown" because the core reaches an incredible temperature and eventually fuses together--the process creates a virtually unstoppable reaction that releases large quantities of radiation into the atmosphere...
...forget the two near-disasters within the last 12 years: in 1966 the Fermi reactor near Detroit suffered a partial meltdown; in 1974 the Browns' Ferry reactor in Alabama went completely out of control when a careless maintenance worker started a fire among the cables used to dampen the reaction, knocking out both the primary and secondary safety systems. Plant engineers later said it was a miracle that they managed to regain control over the reactor before it blew up completely. The point of this book is simply to inform the reader that a total meltdown might happen someday...
THURSDAY. Americans gather in Aspen at 7:30 a.m. They see Sadat, who has heart problem like Begin, stride past with walking stick. Carter and Aides Cyrus Vance and Zbigniew Brzezinski sound out Begin and Aides Moshe Dayan and Ezer Weizman on their reaction to Sadat proposal. Israelis very critical...
...W.C.C., at least temporarily, to protest the grant. There has been an "enormous disturbance" in British churches, says one Executive Committee member. As for West Germany?which now provides 42% of the budget for the financially pressed W.C.C.?official protests are muted, but one top churchman reports "bitter reaction in our churches." At the recent meeting of the world's Anglican bishops, a routine W.C.C. support motion got through only with an antiviolence rider attached. In the U.S., important elements in such W.C.C. member groups as the United Methodist Church, the United Church of Christ and the Greek Orthodox...