Word: counteract
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...kind of peace that left a lot to do for men like Roy Farran. Last year he was sent to Palestine to organize a group of ex-Commandos to counteract Jewish terror. Farran disliked the soft attitude of Britain's Palestine police ("Mild reproofs and a lot of tearful kissing"). Disguised as Jews, Farran and his men patrolled Palestine, rounding up suspects. He liked his work. "It was," he said, "as though we had drunk deeply of some invigorating fire...
Established in 1939 as the Bureau of Supervisors to counteract the Square's commercial tutoring schools, and renamed last year, it is now the only regularly authorized source of aid to students experiencing study difficulty...
...former all-Americans and two of last year's Crimson stars weren't enough to counteract the varsity lacrosse team's well-coordinated attack, so the Boston Lacrosse Club took a 10-6 licking Saturday afternoon on a windswept Business School Field...
...Real Competitor. The people doing the most to counteract this particular Communist campaign are the Catholic
...ending the problems of Radcliffe extra-curricular organizations, then the submersion of individual choice might be worth the attempt. The fact is, however, that there are strong reservations to be made, that along with the security promised by the plan come two new evils which would counteract anything gained and more...