Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Palestinian raid on Israel, in which 34 Israelis were killed and 78 injured as a hijacked bus careened wildly southward along the highway between Haifa and Tel Aviv, Sadat denounced the episode as "tragic and irresponsible," and added sadly. "Let us break this vicious circle of action and reaction, because it will lead to nothing...
...Harvard this week when administrators in the Department of Buildings and Grounds (B&G)--maintaining they had no work for the carpenters--reassigned five union members to different jobs. The carpenters told Harvard what to do with the reassignments, and promptly went out on strike--triggering a chain reaction among all Harvard employees in the building trades...
This sudden student opposition to the constitution could be a simple gut reaction to something new and a consequence of the proclivity of Harvard students to find fault in almost anything. If so, there is a definite possibility that convention members could sway this negative reaction by illustrating their faith in the new constitution as the best alternative to the fairly miserable current state of student influence on policy decisions at Harvard. A lot depends on the impressions students have about the authors of the constitution If there is a feeling that the convention delegates are building castles...
...went into a huddle with members of his Cabinet, then announced that he would postpone his visit to Washington for at least a week. Deeply shocked by the massacre in the midst of renewed efforts toward a Middle East peace settlement, the world waited anxiously for Israel's reaction, which in the past has been to retaliate for terrorism on its soil with severe blows against the Palestinians. Begin finished a grim TV and radio report to the Israeli nation by vowing: "We shall not forget...
What is Israel's reaction to all this...