Word: react
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...leaders, remembering an Austrian-born populist who climbed to power in 1933, believed they could not just stand by and say nothing. "We are aware of possible reactions and feelings among Austrian people, but...we think it is our duty to react in this way," said Frederic Desagneux, a spokesman for French President Jacques Chirac. The swift reaction was also a reminder that Austria is not alone in flirting with the right. In Germany, far-right parties hold seats in four of 16 states. And in Switzerland, Belgium and France there are nascent but energetic extremist movements knocking...
What would happen if the foundations of your life were destroyed? Things you thought were good about yourself become crimes. People who once relied on you suddenly lose their trust. How would you react? How do people react? Would you find strength within yourself and emerge from the experience a stronger person...
...there was very little of a repressive element for them to feel a need to react to. So part of the shift towards the comedy of manners was due to the shift towards the home, which necessarily eliminated these fantastic--as in fantastical--torture devices...
Many "new era" investors, who believe the use of computers has solidly lifted the nation's productivity, think the inflation threat is still way overblown. That may be true. But as long as the Fed believes the threat is real, the financial markets will react accordingly...
...haven't seen it, that is because it's now online) had a picture of two parents who were certifiably freaking out with their eyeballs bulging and their mouths agape in terror. "Our son's concentrating in Folk and Myth" read the caption. My parents didn't react in quite the same way, at least not within my earshot. But they were under the impression, perhaps, that this was all "just a phase," and in due time I would change to a more honorable concentration like social studies or biochemistry. "At least try to have your special field in psychology...