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A combination of abdication and overreaction has been the mark of the official response to Brown's shooting from the beginning.

Which, of course, is why Chávez has kept the polarizing rhetoric coming: goading the opposition into rash overreactions has been excellent politics for him.

In Ms. Kalb's case, her supporters say the police were guilty of an absurd overreaction to something that has been a part of the Hamptons art scene for decades.

This ideological congeniality is the source of Akin's puzzlement, of his idea that there has been "an overreaction" to his words.

"Taken in aggregate, there has been an overreaction in terms of the time, expense and the personal impact of all these regulations," said Mr. Pozen, who joined MFS days after the company reached a settlement with regulators.

Local organizers said they plan displays of civil disobedience before the meeting ends — including an attempt to shut down the Boeing headquarters on Monday — but say the city's preparation for security has been an overreaction, and that they have no intention of marring their broad antiwar message with a violent outbreak.

"There has been an overreaction in telecom stocks," he says.

The so-called trilateral sessions are likely to be dominated by worries about Pakistan, officials said, though Pakistani officials have warned against what they have suggested has been an American overreaction.

"There has been quite a bit of overreaction to the recent moves in oil prices," he said.

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"The club is categorically against racism but we think the situation has been very exaggerated and there was an overreaction.