Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Stevens Products has threatened to close its Easthampton plants as a reaction to speeches, made by Gov. Michael Dukakis throughout the state, which supported the boycott of Stevens products in protest of the company's labor practices...
Washington's reaction to last week's sell-off was ho hum, with officials arguing that it was not as bad as the confusion that gripped international money markets between October and April. Said one high U.S. economic policymaker: "The right yen-dollar relationship has never been found"; and he predicted that the dollar could go to 180 yen before Japanese exports would be adversely affected...
Rose endured the slings and beer bottles without complaint and now frankly delights in the admiration for his feats "One of the nice things about the streak has been going around the league and experiencing the fans' reaction. Imagine me getting a standing ovation in New York I thought the only way I'd get a standing ovation in New York was to drop dead on the field...
Crimson: "Geez, I'm sorry, I haven't been around and all, but I do have this story to file, so I thought I'd get your reaction on this Manilow business...
News of the impending birth of a baby conceived in a test tube caused scant surprise-or suspicion-among scientists and doctors. That was a far cry from their reaction last March, when they challenged as a "fraud" and a "hoax" a book called In His Image that claimed a baby boy had been cloned from a 67-year-old millionaire. The difference was that the test-tube fertilization had been performed by two respected scientists whose accomplishments and progress had been described in many published papers. But Image did not identify the clone or the cloner, and offered...