Word: counteractivity
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...Thuir) are made from other types of wines, to which are added essential oils from certain herbs, to give the requisite tastes, a certain amount of quinine, which gives the necessary coup de fouet (crack of the whip) to the appetite, a certain amount of sugar to counteract the bitter taste of the quinine, and a certain amount of alcohol to bring it up to or 18 degrees, which assures the stabilization of the mixture...
...course lecture, in spite of upstart rivals in the tutorial system and in the reading periods, remains the central medium of university instruction. It is, accordingly essential that everything be done to counteract the inherent tendency of mass lectures to degenerate into a dull substitute for student reading. One valuable pedagogical instrument of which too little use is made is the class discussion...
This year Republican leaders felt that their Hoover campaign would not be complete without young T. R., now Governor General of the Philippines. They thought they needed him to counteract Democratic use of a Republican name. Cable grams passed between Washington and Manila. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, whose dislike for the Democratic Frank lin is intensely real, implored her half-brother to return from his provincial post and take the stump. As she had helped to get him his job, her words carried weight. A vice-governor was appointed to carry on while "Teddy" was fighting "Frank" on the mainland. Though...
...Fogelson surmised that if he fed patients great quantities of mucin, enough mucin would remain in their stomachs to coat the ulcers against the gastric juices. A surplus of mucin would also counteract the destructive juices. Dr. Fred Fenger of Armour & Co.'s research laboratory in organotherapeutics furnished a supply of mucin from hog stomachs. Dr. Fogelson tried this on dogs. The mucin worked...
...effort which the Student Employment Office is making to find summer work for Harvard students. Unfortunately, advance indications as to the results are discouraging. In the business field employees are still being discharged, and the approach of the slack summer season is likely to increase rather than counteract this tendency...