Word: counteract
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ignore the equivocation at the end, Gardner has taken a definite position here. But it stands unsupported, vulnerable to attacks from every angle. Can "moral art" solve economic problems? Can it solve international problems? Can it counteract the sickness in society that derives not from sick art but from sick institutions? The answers are not necessarily "no," but Gardner never bothers to give us arguments otherwise...
McKinnon said Vellucci is also traveling to Washington to counteract Harvard's efforts to lobby for federal control of guidelines. "The University should support our efforts to set high standards, but instead they have been trying to dismantle what we have erected," he added...
Barnes is amongst the handful or individuals whose stories counteract the sagas of others who babble on in Gornickese about "moral adventures" and the "pull of connectedness...
...Penn, the athletic department made the recent cuts without prior students' or coaches' knowledge. Shocked and dismayed by the decimating announcement, Penn's athletic community scrambled to counteract the administration's edicts. The students succeeded in reinstating all sports but hockey; however, if the athletic department had consulted students and coaches beforehand, the negotiations might never have been necessary...
...Crimson raised its Ivy League record to 3-3 by rebounding from Sunday's loss to Columbia in New York City. Five Crimson hoopsters tallied in double figures to counteract an awesome performance by Cornell's 6-ft., 4-in. sophomore, Mike Davis, who pumped in 32 points in a losing effort...