Word: counter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Suzman says that her basic function is to keep a toe-hold in Parliament, kep the channels of information open, and try to counter the reactionary trend in South Africa. The conflict in Vietnam has taken much of the world attention and odium away from the regime in South Africa, but Mrs. Suzman hopes to keep a minimum of pressure on the government until inflation forces the Afrikaners into economic integration...
...Chief of State Thieu and Premier Ky, the ten civilian candidates for President claimed fraud almost from the moment the campaign started. A dozen U.S. Senators, led by Robert Kennedy and Jacob Javits, echoed their claim that the election campaign was a "farce" and a "charade." It was to counter such senatorial critics that President Johnson hastily assembled 22 U.S. observers and dispatched them to Viet Nam as poll watchers...
...universal" check, along with its subspecies the "counter" check, remains a staunch standby of Americans who find themselves out of modern, magnetically coded personal checks, credit cards or even old-fashioned cash. But in an age when 44 million checks are cashed and processed daily by speedy check-reading machines, the uncoded universal kind is about as handy as wampum-and the Federal Reserve System would like to see it go the same...
...that may suggest a sort of Lev-ittavern, but Costick insists that the Levittavern pubs are absolutely authentic-and he obviously speaks from experience. "We know," he says, "what size the beams should be, how far the publican stands behind the bar counter, and how English pub fireplaces work...
...weapons trade will adversely affect U.S. efforts to even its balance of payments-the major reason for the Administration's decision in 1960 to switch from out right grants to sales of weapons. Moreover, say Administration officials, such sales in general help to correct power imbalances, counter Soviet influence in the Middle East and elsewhere, and allow the U.S. "to use what leverage we have to get countries to minimize their purchases." In fact, the arms trade with underdeveloped countries amounts to only 10% of the nation's sales of weapons...