But the sharp reaction from oil markets and stockmarkets suggests it did.

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If Disney's enthusiasm for mainstream America explains his popularity during his lifetime, it also explains the sharp reaction that set in against him after his death.

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Predictably, it provoked a sharp reaction from the media.

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The reaction was sharp in part because it came on the heels of the suspension of an unrelated company, Hong Kong-listed China Forestry Holdings, for accounting irregularities.

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Neither was a reaction to catastrophe or to a sharp economic downturn.

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