Word: counteracts
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...Bush administration's internal splits over Middle East policy have been out in the open over the past two weeks, with Secretary of State Colin Powell speaking in favor of immediate movement toward some provisional form of Palestinian statehood as a means of creating hope among ordinary Palestinians to counteract the despair on which the extremist organizations feed. But the White House has distanced itself from some of Powell's remarks, and more hawkish elements in the administration are adamantly opposed to any steps they would construe as "rewarding terrorism." The latest bombings may have exacerbated the internal conflict...
Before then, however, he advocated a strong U.S. foreign policy to counteract the Soviet threat...
...this country came out of words - 18th century words, 19th century words - which in turn wend their way back into a past that existed long before the first sentence of the Book of John. Every word is a new idea, and there is nothing like a new idea to counteract the stony madness of fanatics. If a man spends enough time in a library, he may actually change his mind. I have seen it happen...
...THEY DO IT To counteract problems with sperm count, quality or mobility, doctors inject a single sperm directly into a mature egg to increase the chance of fertilization...
...Pascavage said. “Getting the stroke rating up is really important in the sprint, but it’s more important to do that with powerful leg drive±—and swing. It was a little rushed and frantic. Being able to counteract that with a really powerful leg drive helped us to move the boat while still being a little messy on the slide...