Domino Theory
A theory in which that if you make one action against one thing, countless other actions will happen upon countless other things
Domino Theory by Poppy862 January 23, 2009
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1. a chain reaction similar to the falling of a row of dominoes, with each action (or fall) causing the next action (or fall).
2. a theory embraced by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1970s stating that allowing South Vietnam to fall to Communism would result in all of southeast Asia including even The Phillipines becoming Communist controlled. In this case, just two dominoes fell, Laos and Cambodia.
2. a theory embraced by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1970s stating that allowing South Vietnam to fall to Communism would result in all of southeast Asia including even The Phillipines becoming Communist controlled. In this case, just two dominoes fell, Laos and Cambodia.
1. According to the domino theory, if I suddenly stop while driving in rush hour, the car behind me will slam into me, then the car behind it will slam into it, then ...
2. According to the domino theory, preventing South Vietnam from being over-run by North Vietman would have prevented the Khmer Rouge from taking Cambodia, which would have prevented the movie Killing Fields.
2. According to the domino theory, preventing South Vietnam from being over-run by North Vietman would have prevented the Khmer Rouge from taking Cambodia, which would have prevented the movie Killing Fields.
domino theory by Klondike708 February 9, 2009
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You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)