Word: reactional
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Tolbert's violent reaction strengthened such opposition groups as the leftist Movement for Justice in Africa and the Progressive Alliance of Liberia. Last December, after a lengthy court battle, the alliance gained legal status as an opposition party under the new name of Progressive People's Party (P.P.P...
...have been compounded by the now deeply ingrained inflation psychology. The attitude of "Buy it now because it will cost more tomorrow" has long been common in such Latin American countries as Argentina and Chile, where annual price rises of 100% or more have been known. But the American reaction as recently as 1973, when inflation hit 12%, was to save in the face of higher costs. Price rises created insecurity, and people fearful of losing their jobs began putting more in the banks. During the past year, however, Americans have caught the Latin virus. They no longer believe...
...urged the use of LSD on the steering wheel of the "target's" automobile to cause him to hallucinate at a public function and thus be discredited. The doctor shot down that idea on the ground that CIA experience with the drug had demonstrated the unpredictability of individual reaction...
Jennifer Hillman, an assistant to chancellor Kenneth Pye, said the university is worried about a possible negative reaction from the community about the availability of food stamps to Duke students...
...guess may be I'm not surprised at Harvard's reaction to the city's financial condition," city manager Sullivan said yesterday. "I was hoping they would rise above their past posture, but obviously they haven't, " he added...