Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spent my life almost constantly devoted to mathematics--with the exception of spring 1969 when I worked full time on the strike. Sometimes when the U. S. government does something particularly nasty, my first inner reaction is a fear that I'll have to spend another semester on politics."--Robert MacPherson...
...would like to see is capping in courses where we know we won't be able to staff it above a certain limit, like in lab courses because of space limitations, or in extremely large courses, like those in the Core," says Pilbeam. "It's a more responsible reaction on our part to put together a strong academic program, which is after all our priority...
...While the Court's decision represents the mostserious threat since 1973 to the right for womento choose an abortion," says President of theAmerican Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) NormanDorsen, "the reaction from religious,professional, medical and public serviceorganizations, as well as... academia,demonstrates a strong public sentiment to preservethe constitutional principles established in theoriginal Roe decision...
Anyone who shortchanges Uncle Sam at tax time can expect that, with virtually the same certainty as death, a dunning notice will follow. But when someone overpays the IRS, the reaction is sometimes silence. Thanks to Linda Johnson, an IRS examiner in Memphis, that will soon change. She complained to her Senator, Democrat Albert Gore, that when taxpayers in certain categories failed to subtract already withheld sums in calculating what they owe the Treasury, the IRS simply pocketed their surplus payment without telling them. Urging superiors to change the rules so these people will get refunds, she argued...
Particularly in the age of cocaine, all sports hold their breath over the specter of betting and its potential to devastate the integrity of players. But baseball is most sensitive to gambling. The commissioner's office was founded in 1920 in reaction to the rigged World Series the year before, when the Cincinnati Reds were the beneficiaries. First Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, a federal judge from Illinois, ignored technical acquittals and permanently banned the eight Chicago Black Sox players involved. In 1947 A.B. ("Happy") Chandler suspended manager Leo Durocher one season merely for associating with gamblers...