Word: counterfuls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kippur episode is the nadir of the 10-year history of the Review. Founded to counter what it saw as the declining intellectual standards and rising liberalism at Dartmouth, the Review staked out a territory far to the right of most conservatives, both in rhetoric and ideology. They personally vilified professors that did not live up to their standards (while choosing to ignore the intellectual slovenliness of their faculty guru, the pompous Jeffrey Hart) and constantly attacked women, Blacks and gays...
...Crimson offense was unable to counter, enduring its second straight shutout despite 24 shots on goal. Harvard Coach Sue Caples blamed her team's recent problems converting opportunities on a shortage of lucky breaks...
...realistic edge: the soft- drink giant is based in Atlanta and strongly supported the hometown bid to the International Olympic Committee. Sensing a golden marketing opportunity, archrival Pepsi is suggesting to consumers in three losing cities -- Athens, Rome and Melbourne -- that they should register their displeasure at the checkout counter. In a newspaper advertisement in the Australian city, Pepsi declared, "If you don't like the I.O.C.'s choice, make your own." If this keeps up, the committee may have to introduce soda-can hurling as a gold-medal event...
...moment, however, Bush's speech did serve to strengthen the anti- Saddam alliance. Arab governments were delighted by a chance to counter Saddam's incessant propaganda that by lining up with the U.S. they are also siding with Israel. From the U.N. rostrum, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal argued that it was America's allies who were now making progress on the Palestinian problem while Iraq was obstructing such progress by dividing the Arab world...
...authors claim that "by condemning international efforts to counter Saddam Hussein's atrocities, these groups have effectively alienated and silenced the voice of the majority in the Arab world." However, mass demonstrations all over the Middle East clearly indicate the strong popular Arab opposition to U.S. interventionist policies in the region and to U.S. support of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, southern Lebanon and the Syrian Golan Heights...