Word: counteracting
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...part of both the public and the police means that the vast majority of these murders go unsolved. When these deaths are covered by the media at all, it is with a sensationalism that is by turns prurient and repulsed. The Trans Day of Remembrance is an attempt to counteract the dehumanization of trans people, and the brutal devaluation of trans lives, through a collective display of mourning that marks these lives as valuable, significant, and terrible in their loss...
While taxes may be necessary to counteract the social costs of new housing—such as overcrowding and increased traffic—the current “zoning taxes” of Manhattan are too high, the report says...
...counteract this, she says, she has been convincing more women to run for office and training them to raise money and attract voters. She said her goal is to increase the number of women in the South Korean Parliament in the next election, from a mere 10 percent (23 out of 273) to at least 40 percent...
...naming the candidate, the new evaluation request should counteract many of the shortcomings of the blind letter system. Evaluators will have more room to comment upon the work of the candidate—without the distraction or hindrance of time spent on irrelevant evaluations. The additional transparency will also allow Harvard to request outside feedback on internal candidates—the committee would be able to send the work of less-well-known associate professors out for review...
...happy when you step on the scales, you can't eat the way you did when you were a teenager--or even just a decade ago. As you grow older, your body needs fewer calories to keep going. Certain exercises--like yoga or weight training--help counteract the trend because they build muscle, which burns more calories than fat. But at some point, to avoid gaining weight, you will have to eat less...