Word: countering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...February decision was the result of several appeals and counter-appeals which reached all the way up to the United States Supreme Court. However, in light of the Bakke decision, the Supreme Court sent the case back to the appeals court for reconsideration, and the appeals court instructed the district court to reverse its prior decision and rule in favor of the plaintiffs...
...opponents of the bill are led by Albert Shanker of the American Federation of Teachers. Shanker believes the bill is a power grab by the NEA and argues that it runs counter to reorganization plans that historically have favored consolidation, not expansion into separate constituency departments...
...million worth of vegetables in the U.S. last year. Mexican tomatoes alone account for almost 50% of all winter tomatoes sold in the U.S. The Florida growers claim their Mexican rivals produce too much and then are forced to dump in the U.S. before the vegetables perish. The Mexicans counter that the Floridians are trying to protect their higher-cost industry...
...left and on the right; when this pictorial stasis reaches a motionless peak, the movement (of the characters) within the frame changes the composition and brings the shot to an end. The conversation between Allen and his friend (Michael Murphy) in the classroom (executed by the shot-counter-shot editing principle)clearly illustrates how an inanimate object (skeleton) can be inventively included within the stationary shot composition, creating irrepressibly humorous reverberations, which are both complementary to the dialogue and contrapuntal to the player's facial expression...
...NATO commanders were warning about the Soviet Union's ominous military buildup, the S.P.D.'s parliamentary floor leader, Herbert Wehner, insisted that Moscow's moves were "defensive and not offensive." Wehner argued against the deployment of U.S. Cruise and Pershing II nuclear-tipped missiles on West German soil to counter Soviet intermediate-range weapons not covered by SALT...