Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wants,' " says Martin Mayer, author of About Television. "The decline in viewing may prove that the networks are not giving the public what it wants after all. This year the new shows have really not been very successful. They have been overcalculated in terms of audience and reaction. The networks are increasingly concerned with what the research department says people want...
...after all, does it really matter what any newspaper's three critics thought were the ten best restaurants? However, Vincent Canby in the Times actually used the forum to make a valid point: with all the talk about Star Wars and escapism, it's worth remembering that people's reaction to the Cowardly Lion didn't tell anyone much about World...
...most elaborate programs are useless when compared to the simple training of the heart." He is little impressed by the spectacle of what he calls the "Christ circuses" put on by some other Evangelicals. "This is a grass-roots movement of Christian faith which is riding a reaction to dead churches...
...didn't understand the faculty's reaction to my truth-seeking. I wasn't a troublemaker, just a kid doing my job. As I saw it, I was no activist. At the time, I had a friend-the principal's daughter, no less-who was a veteran of several peace marches in the 1960s. To me, she was the exotic ideal I had once admired. But we weren't alike at all, I thought...
...reaction to The Grateful Dead Movie must ultimately depend on one's opinion of the Dead themselves. Deadheads all over the United States will love this film and see it as many times as they can, preferably while: a) stoned out, or b) tripping. For a non-rock enthusiast, forget it, and for the average rock fan, well, this is just a very average rock movie, and on the long side at that...