Word: counteracting
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...with proposals to give candidates free, unfiltered access to the airwaves during the closing weeks of the race this fall. Their offers represented a victory for crusaders led by apostate journalist Paul Taylor and his coalition Free TV for Straight Talk, which has argued that the best way to counteract voter apathy and mounting cynicism is to create some new kind of forum in which the candidates would compete, gloves off, no referees and certainly no journalists...
...using them, in part because they work. Furthermore, the reformers argue, raising the money to pay for the ads consumes the candidates' time and corrodes their independence. Since these ads won't go away without a repeal of the First Amendment, the next best hope is to counteract them, to prod the candidates into standing up straight and revealing their positions rather than just reviling their opponents...
...other purpose than to generate fees, and the complicity of senior executives bought off with stock-option deals, bonuses and other payments. It is the operators and maneuverers who survive these deals, not the people doing the work. Companies need job stability to stimulate the demand side, to counteract the disastrous stimulation of the supply side. Raise the capital-gains tax, and start taxing securities trading. Correct the tax structure to discourage noneconomic deals and redistribute the money that was stolen from the middle class. Because of past government actions, we are heading toward an impoverished and unstable society...
...partners, these nations already use such practices against American companies. For example, heavy European subsidies of Airbus have allowed that company to gain a hefty market share in an imperfectly competitive industry once totally dominated by American firms. A U.S. retaliation in the form of subsidies for Boeing would counteract such gains and even drive the nations that subsidize Airbus to the bargaining table, where an agreement eliminating subsidies could be worked out. This would benefit both sides in comparison to a policy where both sides subsidize their domestic producers...
...living rooms. Every set in the house would have to have the V chip, or else kids could just go into the bedroom to watch forbidden shows. Some critics warn, moreover, that it's only a matter of time before kids learn how to break the code and counteract the blocking mechanism...