Word: reflex
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that automatically produce a thousand individually addressed love letters while the author snorkels in Cancún. Nor is there a great heaving nostalgia attached to the old machine. The history of its growth reads as excitingly as politics in Ottawa. Besides, people these days show far too much reflex yearning for the snows of yesteryear. Let the thing go. Indeed, one can briefly sum up the reasons for looking back with moderate affection on the manual typewriter and still not feel that the world is about to lose a piece of its heart...
...growth of nationalism and dissent. Said François-Poncet: "If the Soviets could deal with a West European partner that would detach itself from the U.S., it would help them impose a solution in Eastern Europe." He wondered if the SS-20 program was simply the mechanistic reflex of the Soviet military establishment or part of a longer-term political strategy. If Moscow's aim is political blackmail, he said, then Western Europe should begin to brace for a period of high East-West tension after the deployment of NATO's own intermediate-range missiles...
...strong, lanky player, Layendecker played a lefthander's game and relied heavily on a powerful, well directed serve Reflex action net play also kept Sands moving Layendecker's long arms helped him cover the court space and when Sands broke his net play with high lobs. Layendecker reached high into the air too and slammed the ball off the court...
...that moment of seemingly hypnotized attention most men know and dread. It is a moment in which they are out of control as individuals-not merely outside the law, but out of biological order. Something stirs, an ancient reflex, as if they are dragged back through history to a starting point in evolution. The mob is a pack, its prey the female. Her difference is the instigator, her frailty the goad. Rape what you cannot have. Plunder what you can never know. Mystery equals fear equals rage equals death. It is she who stands for all life's threats...
Challenged by Penn's Riley in several one-on-one reflex action rallies. Scott seemed to elevate himself to a much higher level of play. Whereas one would expect Sands, an All-American, to have to nurture the freshman through the match and carry the pair, it was Scott who contributed the unexpected punch he attacked fiercely and went for frequent wide-alley slams, catching his opponents off guard...