Word: counteract
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...There?s a fine line between trying to counteract the blanket suspicion of others and trying to assuage your own prejudiced tendencies. Sandra Bullock put it worst in the movie Crash: ?I just had a gun pointed in my face and it was my fault because I knew it was gonna happen,? her character says after getting carjacked by two young black guys. ?But if a white person sees two black men walking towards her and she turns and walks away, she's a racist, right? Well I got scared and I didn't do anything and ten seconds later...
...expect the Salient to be respectful of their fellow students and others’ religions,” she wrote in an e-mail. “I expect the Harvard Muslim community to [continue] to counteract the prevailing stereotypes against Muslims...
...counteract the possible trend of increasing reliance on such services, HBS is considering increasing the number of interviews, administering different essay questions for different applicants, and monitoring students as they write their essays to ensure authenticity, according to a recent Boston Globe article...
While he's a hero in his native country, Mittal had to move fast last week to counteract attempts in parts of Europe to paint him as a villain. He spent most of the week shuttling in his private jet from European capital to European capital, including three trips to Paris, to explain his motives and promise he wouldn't cut European jobs. Governments have limited formal means to stop the Arcelor deal, as 85% of the company is traded freely on the stock market. Nonetheless, they and labor unions can make life hard for Mittal, who still needs...
...students are skipping class, and professors do not want to feel like they are lecturing into a void, they will naturally feel compelled to counteract their students’ idleness by offering incentives to get to class on time or instating penalties for skipping it. From this perspective, it is hard to blame Murray for bribing his students; instead, he rather looks like the victim...