Word: counteractions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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HRAAA officials said they hope that by nominating fewer candi- dates this year--three instead of five--they can counteract the Alumni Association's strategy...
...counteract that possibility, an increasednumber of seniors are applying to graduate school,said Marc Cosentino, the business counselor atOCS. "By continuing their education, students arefinding a safe harbor in this recession,"Cosentino said. "They are also protectingthemselves from the reinstatement of the draft...
Steven Howe '93, political director of the Democrat club, said that the Civil Rights Bill would protect the rights of employees facing discrimination. The bill would counteract a series of Supreme Court decisions that have left it up to employees to prove that employment practices are discriminatory...
...revenue to pay for conservation measures, alternative energy research and mass transit systems. Even if OPEC remains sound, an additional petroleum tax is not a bad idea, so long as it is accompanied by some sort of a rebate plan for the poor to counteract the regressive nature of such a tax. Already, American consumers pay absurdly low gasoline prices by global standards. Taxing gasoline heavily makes good economic sense, because fossil fuel consumption carries with it heavy, unpaid social costs--notably environmental destruction...
...Crimson defense, led by ECAC I-AA Player of the Week Joe Gordian at linebacker, will have to concentrate on Northeastern's beefy right side. Expect the Huskies to try and run on the Crimson to counteract Harvard's blitzing schemes and Northeastern QB Dan Daponde's 23 percent completion rate...