Word: reactional
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...detentions, firing on suspected guerrilla positions amid civilians, demolishing houses, even ringing a troublesome village with barbed wire to make all residents pass through a single military checkpoint when they came or went. "We were trying to solve a problem," says Russell. "We didn't really care what the reaction would be. They hate our guts. There wasn't any support to erode." Those methods, he says, "worked. We'll go home victors." But whether Russell's rough stuff or gentler handling can tame the country in the long run has yet to be proved...
...Bush re-election campaign apparently thought it was going "positive" with its first advertisement, highlighting the President's post-9/11 leadership. But the reaction from some families of 9/11 victims has been decidedly negative and very public. "The idea that President Bush would rally support around his campaign using our loved ones in a way that is so shameful is hard for me to believe," Rita Lasar, who lost a brother, told the Washington Post. "For the most part," said another relative, Kelly Campbell, "9/11 families are very sensitive to someone using the images of our loved...
...downsizing trend is claiming a new victim: McDonald's Super Size fries. The company denies that its decision to phase out the 7-oz. serving of deep-fried potatoes--which packs a whopping 610 calories, 29 g of fat and 77 g of carbohydrates--was a reaction to Super Size Me, the soon-to-be-released documentary chronicling a month in the dietary life of director Morgan Spurlock. He says he gained 25 lbs. and saw his cholesterol rise 62 points after eating fast food three meals a day for 30 days. According to McDonald's, the decision to shrink...
...pummeling number that set the tone for the show. The audience happily cheered the second-verse’s driving shout of “Get in the goddamn car!” along with Darnielle, who showed delight at the audience’s enthusiastic reaction...
...culture that still feels slightly uncomfortable with the idea of an assertive, powerful woman, Martha Stewart was a perfect scapegoat. This is not to imply that what Stewart did was excusable—it certainly is not. But the public reaction to her case suggests that this scandal was much more a product of who she was than what she did. Her boldness was a bit too threatening and it is certainly part of the reason that the public was all too eager to see this ambitious female icon crumble...