Word: counteractions
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...counteract the fear that the Crimson may get "high" for this game and Princeton suffer from a pre-Yale let-down the varsity has been holding floodlight practice on Brokaw Field. All this week emphasis has been centered on short passes and ground attack...
Frozen Fingers. Domestically, Adenauer's decision to limit the conscription period to twelve months had one great advantage: it would help to counteract the public hostility incurred by his Christian Democratic Party in passing conscription in the first place. (By last week the mayors of 135 German communities had refused to draw up lists of citizens eligible for the draft.) Internationally, however, it seemed likely to get West Germany into hot water. Even before the week was out the North Atlantic Council, meeting in an emergency session, publicly questioned the wisdom of the Chancellor's action and formally...
...Eisenhower Administration, which has acted swiftly and boldly to counteract inflationary pressures in the past, was keeping a close eye on the market place last week. Government economists pointed out that price increases for competitive consumer goods, a natural phenomenon in a humming economy, tend to check inflationary tendencies. Moreover, the increase in U.S. productivity is keeping pace with the boom. At week's end, however, the Federal Reserve Board was reported ready to raise the rediscount rate, for the sixth time in 17 months, to a uniform 3%. The aim: to ease down on the boom before...
...broader scale Secretary of State John Foster Dulles sought to counteract the softening effect of the Soviet manpower cut on Western alertness. The U.S. welcomes the cut, he said, "if this proves to be evidence of an intent to forgo the use of force in international affairs. However, the obvious explanation is a need for greater manpower in industry and agriculture. It would be very foolish for us to drop our guard...
...Last week the four men against whom Autherine's lawyers filed contempt charges for participating in the Tuscaloosa riots slapped Autherine with damage suits amounting to $4,000,000. Meanwhile, the Alabama legislature went into a frenzy of activity, produced a whole series of resolutions and bills to counteract the N.A.A.C.P.'s battle against segregation. Among its activities...