Word: reacts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fights were often followed by loving reconciliations. But privately, Hillary expressed pain and dismay. She sought out the husband of one close friend, trying to understand why Bill would be so unfaithful. Did he cheat on his wife? Did he know other men who did? How should she react? How should she feel? Hillary seemed in equal parts puzzled and hurt...
Buchanan abruptly canceled an evening news conference at which he was supposed to react to the results. Earlier, he said: "We are going to go all the way and do battle for the party...
...ending the misery--with only eight minutes left in the period--the Saints were nestled in the Crimson zone. Senior Jeff Kungle knifed a pass to Murphy on the left point, and the Saints' captain ripped a shot at senior goalie Tripp Tracy. Before Tracy could react, Thomas Cullen tipped the puck in for a 1-0 St. Lawrence lead...
Vladimir Orlov, a deputy director of treasury at Tokobank, the largest cash dealer in Russia, says, "Russians tend to react automatically; they say, 'My neighbor has already exchanged, so I should.' I am sure Russians will literally rush to exchange their 'inferior' old bills as soon as the new bill is introduced to the market." They also worry about counterfeit bills, and that is another reason for racing to acquire the new notes. The fears may be exaggerated, however. While the press reports that one-sixth of the U.S. currency that circulates in Russia is fake, a recent study...
That is crucial, observes David Des Marais, a NASA biogeochemist. Liquid water is an ideal medium in which carbon-based organic chemicals can dissolve and react with one another in myriad ways. Why carbon, necessarily? Because, says Des Marais, "it is such a versatile chemical. It makes so many different and complex compounds. And it's the fourth most abundant element in the universe." Carbon compounds literally litter the cosmos, drifting through interstellar space in giant molecular clouds and making up a significant percentage, by mass, of comets and asteroids. Some scientists are convinced that the basic building blocks...