| He acted as the middleman in the talks between labor and management. |
| He acted on reflex, an acerebral reaction to a situation beyond his control. |
| The government has acted with restraint in dealing with this crisis. |
| The company acted anticompetitively by forcing its suppliers to agree not to work with any of its rivals. |
| The country acted without the sanction of the other nations. |
| Techies were the most juvenile, but other wealthy men, in the full throes of boomeritis, also acted like kids in a candy store. |
