Word: counteractions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Guided by Burris C. Young, assistant dean of freshmen, and assisted by Carl J. Martignetti '81, Johnson coordinated this party to counteract his "disappointment in the Harvard social scene...
...loans to South Africa have helped the South African regime counteract the outflow of investment capital since last June. For this reason, pressured by public interest groups, several banks have agreed to make no new loans to South Africa. Manufacturers Hanover and Morgan Guaranty have also been under pressure. For example, in July the furriers union in New York withdrew over $10 million from Manufacturers Hanover because it continued lending to South Africa...
...some extent, the visit was part of a broad tactical maneuver by the Communist regime of János Kádár. On the brink of next month's talks on the Helsinki accord, Hungary is eager to brush up its image and counteract complaints about church restrictions from both Hungarian and U.S. Christians. In fact, Hungary probably has the most liberal church policy among Warsaw Pact countries. Sunday schools and youth retreats are permitted. Bibles, though expensive, are available. Even so, open evangelism and freedom of church publication in the Western sense are unknown. Evangelical Christians...
...only two-thirds the size of the B-52 (see chart). It can also fly faster and lower (600 m.p.h. at about 70 or 80 ft. above the ground). The B-l also is equipped with the most advanced black-box gear, which sends out electronic signals to counteract enemy warning systems. But critics maintain that when the Soviets develop new defensive weapons, including look-down radar and radar picket planes, like the AWACS, the B-l will become obsolete...
Mengistu does little to counteract that image. An erect figure in neatly pressed khakis, he is prone to waving red handkerchiefs, symbolic of blood, and leading crowds in shouting "Down with Yankee imperialism!" on public occasions. In a speech in Addis Ababa's Revolution Square last month, he engaged in one typically colorful bit of theater. First he raised his hand in a clenched-fist salute. Then he smashed to the ground six bottles filled with bloodlike dye-just to show how he would destroy all enemies of his rule...