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Hudson says this move could counteract the first change, depending on the size of the family. For a small family, this could lead to less aid but for a large family it could lead to more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Board Considers Change in Financial Aid Assessment Formula | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

...results are positive, NASA hopes to use this as an alternative to other drugs that can interfere with daytime activities. Currently, more than 50 percent of astronauts use sleeping aids to counteract sleep disruptions caused by confined spaces, intensive work shifts and the 45-minute day-and-night periods...

Author: By Tiffany C. Bloomfield, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sleepless in SPACE | 11/10/1998 | See Source »

...said that Glee Club's powerful, deep soundhelps counteract the stereotype that male singersare "more feminine" than other...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Glee Club Takes On Stereotypes, Group Dynamics | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...think there's a national move today and tomorrow to show solidarity and unity to counteract a national regression from affirmative action policies, particularly in higher education," said Jobe G. Danganan '99, a member of MSA tabling in front of the Science Cente...

Author: By Katherine S. Currie, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MSA Joins Affirmative Action Day | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

This is the reason I have written polemical philippics: I have sought to counteract rampant prejudices. While I stand by my previous writings and their cogency, my first end was not to persuade but rather to offend your sensibilities. For with offended sensibilities comes indignation and with indignation a desire to refute. But to refute an argument successfully, even or perhaps especially a contrarian argument, requires understanding. And if one attempts to understand a contrarian argument, one might even come to appreciate or agree with it. In a word, one might lose a prejudice...

Author: By Thomas B. Cotton, | Title: Coda | 5/6/1998 | See Source »

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