Word: reacts
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HARVARD is not shy about extolling the virtues of a diverse community. But while the University is relatively free of outright bigotry, there should be more of an institutional commitment both to react to crises and to work actively to remedy the problems of living in a community of difference. As one student said, "putting people together without getting their mentalities ready to be put together" is not effective in achieving racial harmony. There is a commitment to diversity in numbers, but not diversification of outlook and attitudes...
Other law-enforcement units were also slow to react. Though California Governor Pete Wilson deployed about 2,000 National Guard troops on Wednesday evening, it took almost 24 hours for the extra men to reach the streets. They were followed by hundreds of California highway patrolmen on loan from other parts of the state. By the time President Bush dispatched 4,500 federal troops to the area at week's end, the violence had largely abated...
According to one community source, commanding officers were allegedly told at a preverdict meeting not to react too quickly to disturbances. Sources speculate that the order may have been given because of concern that a heavy police presence too soon would provoke even more unrest...
...discussion became heated as a number ofstudents criticized Cabot administrators andtutors for failing to react sufficiently toincidents such as the "Spade Kicks" poster put uplast month by Peninsula staffers toadvertise a speaking event and a Confederate flaghung last year by one house resident...
...story on film. What I always tell people is, "Don't just go banging on doors and looking for a job. Get up a camera; equipment is so accessible nowadays. Just write a story and tell it on film. Then show it to people, and see how they react...