Word: reactional
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...selecting their new leadership, House Republicans were trying to downplay their traditional image as the party of reaction and obstruction. Thanking his colleagues for electing him, Michel said: "We've got to be affirmative, forward looking. The bottom line is enacting the Reagan program." He warned Democrats against trying to "gut" Reagan's proposals. If that happens, said he, "we will have confrontation...
...outpouring of grief, wonder and shared devastation that followed Lennon's death had the same breadth and intensity as the reaction to the killing of a world figure: some bold and popular politician, like John or Robert Kennedy, or a spiritual leader, like Martin Luther King Jr. But Lennon was a creature of poetic political metaphor, and his spiritual consciousness was directed inward, as a way of nurturing and widening his creative force. That was what made the impact, and the difference-the shock of his imagination, the penetrating and pervasive traces of his genius...
...Some reaction was tragic. A teen-age girl in Florida and a man of 30 in Utah killed themselves, leaving notes that spoke of depression over Lennon's death. On Thursday, Ono said, "This is not the end of an era. The '80s are still going to be a beautiful time, and John believed...
...lost confidence against Catholic, and Holy Cross was an over-reaction. The loss to Holy Cross really blew our confidence bad," Mannix says...
That over-reaction which Mannix mentioned was easily evident in the Crimson play against the Crusaders. Convinced that his charges couldn't play a running game against Holy Cross, McLaughlin instituted a semi-stall, with lots of perimeter passing while the team looked for a layup or an occasional open jump shot...