Word: counteracting
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...British Foreign Office strove to counteract any such impression by welcoming U. S. correspondents to a charming little tea. Urbane Foreign Office officials pointed out at this function that the Coolidge-Kellogg note contains the following conciliatory passage: "The Government of the United States remains willing to use its best efforts to obtain a basis of further naval limitation . . . and is willing to take into consideration in any conference the special needs of France, Italy or any other naval power for the particular class of vessels deemed by them most suitable for their defense. ... It expects on the part...
Asphyxiation: Rapid, because vertical position of submarine caused acid to spill from storage batteries and to come into contact with the salt water, generating deadly gas impossible to counteract with fresh air from hose...
...Willem had been paying court to her elder sister, Princess Helen, who tactfully refused him on account of his age and reputation. At this crucial moment young blooming Princess Emma is said to have entered the room, exclaiming reproachfully, "Oh Helen, / should never refuse to be a queen!" To counteract the sensation produced by this generally believed tale, Princess Emma's mother herself arranged to convey a subsequently made proposal of marriage from King Willem to Princess Emma, and gave out that the "surprised" Princess cast down her eyes, exclaiming, "Oh Mother! Do you want me to accept...
Industrial reforms are being instigated to counteract the industrial hazards responsible for 15% of the 100,000 blind...
...Smith. He uses all the means at his disposal to enforce a law which should be enforced solely by the Federal authorities. Smith is greatly misunderstood in the South, because of the common belief of his attitude toward wetness. But his record as governor of New York should counteract this. It is an enviable record, in a state which was carried by Harding by 1,000,000 people and by Coolidge by half a million, that Smith, a Democrat should have been four times reelected governor...