Word: counteractions
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...state Democratic Party, is stepping on the gas for the President, but much of the membership remains skeptical about Carter, whose economic policies they blame for the fact that one-third of the auto industry's employees have been laid off in the past year. To counteract this resentment, union leaders are trying to convince members that life under Reagan would be much worse. But nobody knows if the workers will buy that argument...
...implicit condemnation of Gierek's disastrous economic record, marked by a $20 billion foreign debt and severely declining growth in 1979. To compound his humiliation, the Party Leader was forced in a nationally televised speech to praise "those comrades who perceived earlier the growing irregularities and tried to counteract them, and whose voice we did not heed in time." Though there was no hard evidence, Warsaw officials indicated that on two occasions prior to the Central Committee meeting, Gierek had met with some Soviet leaders...
...Texas, where Mexican children used to be shamed, spanked-and sometimes expelled-for speaking Spanish in school, 160,000 youngsters like Miguel are being taught in Spanish. To counteract "the Alamo mentality" and reinforce long bruised ethnic pride, the children sing Mexican songs and do Mexican dances. "Children need to know that not everyone came over on the Mayflower," says State Senator Carlos Truan. Bilingual ed students also take tests every year in English skills to see if they can be "exited" into mainstream classes. Critics point out that unlike earlier waves of U.S. immigrants from Europe, Mexican Americans...
...second Cardinal in the century to be assassinated. But last month the nominally Marxist government of President Denis Sassou Nguesso established diplomatic relations with the Vatican and pleaded urgently to be included in the papal visit. The Congo needs to court Catholicism to shore up its popular support and counteract the influence of revolutionary religious sects that seek to overthrow the government. John Paul used his visit to remind Congolese officials that religious freedom is "at the center of respect for all the inalienable rights of the individual...
...lure of Cambridge and the mystique, the admissions committee has found recruitment of high-caliber athletes increasingly difficult. Coaches, admissions officials and athletes agree that much of the problem stems from selling the University's financial aid package to middle-income applicants who qualify for full scholarships elsewhere. To counteract the obstacle of relatively unattractive financial perquisites, alumni and admissions officials stress what Stoeckel calls "the long-term benefits of a Harvard education," the high rate of acceptance at graduate schools, and the University's resources. But Stoeckel admits that when faced with a choice between Harvard and a full...