Word: react
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...came back from China in 1972 was not the same one who went." Just as the successes of the screenplay must be attributed to him, so must the almost amateur direction, in which characters seem at a loss as to what they should do and how they should react to one another. An early scene comes to mind in which Simon and his girlfriend mutter indistinguishable bad jokes and move awkwardly in Simon's office. The picture also lingers at the outset: Brickman should introduce us to Simon and his life first, and then the scientists' mad concoctions...
...stance, he seems to believe, is at least half the battle. He thus remains relatively indifferent to strategy, to making sure that all the pieces are in place and all the proper personalities consulted, that all the predictable consequences of an action indeed have been predicted. He tends to react rather than anticipate, to race from one crisis to the next, always hoping for the best. He often fails to see how one event is related to another in a binding chain of circumstances that a President must always keep in mind. And when an action is heralded...
Acid precipitation is apparently caused largely by sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-burning power plants, smelters and factories. To a lesser extent, nitrogen oxides from car exhausts and industry contribute to the problem. Rising high into the sky and borne hundreds of miles by winds, these chemicals mix and react with water vapor to form sulfuric and nitric acids. The acids then fall to earth in the form of rain or snow that can damage anything from monuments to living organisms. After a number of such rain showers or highly acidic snow melts, a lake's pH* can plunge...
...accusing Bush of silencing them. The absurd scene made a strong impression on New Hampshire voters to whom Bush had been trying to sell himself as "a President we won't have to train." If he could not cope with so minor a contretemps, voters wondered, how would he react in an international crisis...
Except for the few who live off-campus or have grown up near the square, we all return to the 02138 zip code. Yet we rarely allow ourselves time to react to the Square as we react to our hometowns...