Word: reactional
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Playing and preying on the insecurity of individuals, the GOP seeks to capitalize on Carter's numerous mistakes and broken promises. But in riding the crest of this wave to Washington, the Republicans risk swamping America's future. These are the politics of reaction, short-term quick-fixes made all the more attractive by a bumbling president who has himself sought to react to Patrick Cadell's latest survey. As Sen. Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.) said this week, "We couldn't have done it without Jimmy Carter...
...military force and will power-constitutes a crisis in American history. Unquestionably it has been aggravated by the Carter Administration's devastating policy zigzags and frequent ineptness. But it must be said, between friends, that the Western European estimate of the American decline is surely exaggerated, and the reaction to it is misguided. The decline is being used to support a self-serving and self-defeating course. Indeed, the recent European attitude toward the Soviet Union has been so cautious as to verge on neutralism. The backdrop to the conflict between the U.S. and Europe is an old skein...
...granddaughter--and others like her--remember the story of Helen Keller because she ranks among a number of select historical figures that people can identify with. "It's very easy to understand why," he says. "Here is this woman deaf, dumb and blind and everyone has the same reaction. And it's the reaction that I had--who am I to complain...
...reaction that is tinged not just with racism but with fear. Vietnamese, Koreans, Mongolians, and even Soviet Central Asians often find that early in a conversation with Russians they have to establish clearly that they are not Chinese, or pro-Chinese, before their hosts lower their guard. Says a young Muscovite: "When we see yellow skin and slanted eyes, we automatically want to know, is this guy nash [one of ours]? Is he on our side?" If an American talks international politics with a Russian, the subject of China is sure to come up. Sooner or later, the Russian...
...bench or table. Have a friend--or enemy--take a baseball bat and slam it into your gut with all the force he can. Your skin remains unbroken and there is no wound. Yet you are rolling on the floor, puking, due to energy transmitted via hydrostasis and body reaction. A good hollowpoint does the same thing. IT drills a hole in the body, then gives it s good kick...