Word: counteractions
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...copy, $3 a year) a pocket-size monthly magazine to be called the Democratic Digest. Its contents will be one-third original writing and two-thirds condensation of material from other publications. Its objective: to present the Democratic Party's point of view in an effort to counteract what Fair Dealing columnists and commentators love to call "the one party," i.e., pro-Republican press. Party leaders hope to sell the Digest to Democrats, independents, progressives, and maybe even to some Republicans...
...next step that must be taken, according to Lindsley, is the development of medicine that will counteract the fear following irradiation. Just as important, is the establishment of a predictive correlation between the severity of the anxiety in the first stage, and the severity of the clinical stage. Such a development would afford a means for quick and efficient diagnosis of radiation sickness, and would clear the way for its prompt treatment...
Fuller said that good case method instruction is on a nation-wide decline. Although the University emphasizes the reading of many appellate cases, "the school has tried to counteract the mistaken impression that all facts are as neat and coherent as in these prepared cases." The teaching fellowship program enables the student to deal with the "raw" facts as they come into the law office...
...general the debates are held on Sunday, but the recent installation of television sets in the prison's dormitories has created an attendance problem since the best TV programs are usually on Sunday nights. Bill has decided to counteract the TV threat with an hour-long vaudeville show before each debate. Even without the vaudeville the debates still usually draw a good 200 to 400 out of the prison's population...
...called "bogus"; it is set just to be thrown away. Setting bogus type became a widespread practice at the turn of the century after advertisers began sending their ads out in "mats," i.e., molds into which metal is cast to make the completed ad without setting type. To counteract this labor-saving device, the International Typographical Union wrote contracts with publishers requiring that a duplicate ad be set in type every time a mat is used...