Re: Intentional Use of Radionuclides for Harm

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

> How many among us have the authority/permission/charter to make up words and how do
> the rest of us obtain knowledge of such words?

Jack,

Proactive is an actual word. This is just one definition found using 
an on-line dictionary:

Main Entry: pro·ac·tive
Pronunciation: (")prO-'ak-tiv
Function: adjective
Date: 1933
1 [1pro-] : relating to, caused by, or being interference between 
previous learning and the recall or performance of later
learning <proactive inhibition of memory>
2 [2pro- + reactive] : acting in anticipation of future problems, 
needs, or changes 

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