Word: counteracting
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Ingram's goal a minute and a half later marked the beginning of another Crimson onslaught. The constant pressure on the Niagara net led to a series of icing calls, as the Purple Eagles could only counteract the Crimson offense by sending the puck out of their zone and down...
...Then what can we do to counteract the heartbreak...
...sequences in recent movies, and you'll see it was their simplicity which made them compelling: from the straightforward careening of the bus in Speed, to the unpretentious mano y mano fighting in The Matrix. In the modern Bond world, everything must turn on fancy gizmos, fancier gizmos to counteract the original fancy gizmos, and if there's time, some more fancy gizmos, all of which have been concocted for the express purpose of being featured in fancy action sequences. And everything must not only blow up but cause the ubiquitous gasoline barrels which litter the landscape to blow...
Start by examining one of your sneakers on a flat surface. If the heel is worn more on the inside than the outside, you're a pronator. That means you roll your feet inward each time your heel strikes the ground. You need a control shoe specially built to counteract this tendency. If your heel is worn more on the outside, you're an underpronator, which means you ought to wear a shoe with more cushioning...
...think the creative team behind the Austin Powers sequel had a script. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing--it just means that the movie needs to be awfully funny to counteract the lack of structure, story, meaning, logic, etc. And somehow, The Spy Who Shagged Me manages to be charming--even though making Elizabeth Hurley a fembot was idiotic, even though Heather Graham should have never opened her mouth, and even though the movie should have been called Dr. Evil 2: Austin Powers Has a Cameo. Myers has a knack for improvisation--and for taking a joke...