Word: counteract
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...internal documents of President Carter's campaign. One was an outline of Carter's strategy for farm and rural voters. Attached was a cover note from Reagan Campaign Aide Max Hugel, telling Meese that Campaign Chairman William Casey, now CIA director, wanted his thoughts on how to "counteract this effort." Another memo, written by Republican Consultant Thelma Duggin, concerned Carter's plans to win the black vote. At the top, Campaign Aide William Timmons had scribbled, "Ed Meese-Ideas how to counter...
MICK JAGGER may say, "Too much blood," but the Red Cross doesn't. The holiday season is traditionally a low blood-donation time, and this week's completion of the Harvard drive is a perfect opportunity to counteract that...
...proposed legislation in the state house of representatives to abolish mandatory education, a move designed to counteract court-ordered busing, which he opposed. He still opposes busing on philosophical grounds and claims that his actions in 1974 were only an attempt to "provide a voice" for his constituency...
...even less Hollywood-like vein, funds for the project had already been obtained by the National Council of La Raza from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Council had funds to produce "something which would counteract the negative portrayal of Hispanics on television and in film," said project coordinator Guadalupe Saavedra. But in order to insure universal appeal. Saavedra continues. "We had to resist the temptation to exploit the good versus bad. Anglo versus Mexican aspects of the story...
...have much time to adjust to the rapid turn of events. This third act is hurried with too many changes of scene and characters to effectively explore the reactions of anyone. While this collapse echoes the disintegration of the N.E.P., the end of the play fails to balance and counteract the lightheartedness of the first two acts...