Word: counteracting
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...used to believe that the self-parodying ineptness of films like this one was the antidote supplied by thoughtful producers to counteract their poisonous ideas. But the appalling example of Walking Tall is still before us. At least one preview audience actually cheered this urban variant on that rube farce. So let the matter be stated as forcefully as possible: Death Wish is a meretricious film-in its curious lack of feeling even for innocent victims of crime, in its hysterical exaggerations of an undeniable problem, and especially in its brazen endorsement of violence as a solution to violence...
After graduating in 1957 from Wheaton (Ill.) College and being ordained by the conservative, independent La Grange Bible Church, Gothard worked with teen-agers in suburban churches as well as youth gangs in Chicago. Both groups were similarly disturbed, he decided, and their family life was to blame. To counteract their personal problems, he developed a set of absolute "principles," like his theory about God's chain of command...
...called for a more militant working class movement to counteract the "labor leaders' sell out to big business...
...council requested that City Manager John H. Corcoran meet immediately with Chief James F. Reagan of the Cambridge police, Chief Robert Tonis of the Harvard police and Chief James Olivieri of the MIT campus patrol to discuss measures to counteract the upsurge in crime...
...rolling billboard for automotive-parts companies. In addition to his track earnings, he commands $1,500 a night, win or lose, for helping dragstrip owners fill the stands for exhibition matches. He employs a public relations consultant to help spread his fame-and perhaps counteract the effect of his personality. Though he can be amiable off the track, fans know him as a dour churl who snarls at well-wishers and even puts up barriers to keep spectators away from his pit. Readers of Hot Rod magazine, however, were able to see as much of Grumpy as anyone would wish...