21. It's the patterns of action and reaction , patterns that are spontaneous and jagged and almost entirely dissonant. 22. Rocket engines work by action and reaction . 23. It concluded that Americans had become " a rather bloody-minded people in both action and reaction ." 24. What we need is action and reaction , 25. That style plays against and around talk; it uses actions and reactions to trick, ambush and syncopate words. 26. It recognizes that strategic planning is dynamic, that is, strategy-making involves a complex pattern of actions and reactions . 27. Prospects became less certain and people were no longer sure of the outcome of their actions and reactions . 28. These three laws explain inertia, acceleration, action and reaction when a net force is applied to an object. 29. The possibility of a small action could trigger a chain of action and reaction that neither side desires. 30. Vaulting is concerned with action; juggling is concerned with reaction; equilibrium is the intersection of action and reaction .