Word: reactional
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Supreme Court's recent decision questioning the right of Boston University's (B.U.) faculty to unionize brought mixed reaction from B.U. administration and faculty union members, who have been at odds for more than six years...
...tank in which the five resident geniuses have reverted to their original states-high school science club weirdos pulling technological pranks. Reading a survey indicating that the majority of Americans believe in extraterrestrial beings, the scientists decide it would be neat to produce one just to see what the reaction would...
Hockey coach Bill Cleary worked for six years to get old Watson Rink transformed into Bright Center. His reaction to the basketball proposal: "I'm not gung-ho about it...Now I'm finding out that it's conflicting with our schedule." He sympathizes with the basketball team but concludes, "Let'em play, but not at our rink." To be continued...
...Americans-and indeed to many Europeans-the reaction was irritatingly familiar. French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt issued a joint statement strongly condemning the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Three days later, Paris abruptly declared that it would not be represented at a German-sponsored meeting of Western European foreign ministers with Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in Bonn. Once again, France stood out as seemingly arrogant and as the ally least disposed to back Washington in an international crisis...
Nonetheless, many Frenchmen have criticized President Giscard for being painfully slow to respond to events in Afghanistan. His first reaction, mumbled at a New Year's party for French reporters, was that the Soviet move may not have been "premeditated." Foreign Minister Jean François-Poncet later tried to justify the equivocal French response by noting (incorrectly) that "France buys more oil from the Soviet Union than from Iran." Even the Giscard-Schmidt communiqué appeared indecisive to some. "It says to the Soviets, 'The next time you pull an Afghanistan you will be punished,' " complained...