Word: counters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Director Edward DePalma says the greatest problem facing the ex-convicts is rejection caused by general prejudice toward criminal records, both in applying for and after they land jobs. To counter this prejudice, part of the IOU program involves scenarios clients might find in interviews and job sites that allow them to practice their responses...
Harvard officials counter that the University, while not paying taxes, does repay the city in several forms. Harvard "performs valuable public services which otherwise would be performed by government itself," spokesman David Rosen says...
...highly destabilizing, arms race. It is part of the paradox and perversity of nuclear weapons-and practically an article of faith among those who must think about how to prevent their use-that defensive systems can be every bit as treacherous as the offensive ones they are meant to counter. The reason is that in theory, strategic defenses would tend to upset the balance of terror and increase the chance...
...report also demonstrates the inherently contradictory and ineffectual nature of the Reagan human rights policy. The introduction to this and last years' reports explains the double standard applied: "With friendly countries, we prefer to use diplomacy, not public pronouncements," and "A consistent and serious policy for human rights must counter the U.S.S.R. politically and bring Soviet-bloc human rights violations to the attention of the world over and over again." The Reagan Administration's policy of openly condemning human rights violations in Soviet-aligned nations--or in those alleged to be under Soviet control--while quietly applying diplomatic pressure...
...known Stratton for more than 15 years and jointly owns a house in Maine with him, was in Portland last week and ready to testify. "Dick is a person of much integrity and courage," he says. No matter how many points character witnesses score for Stratton, the defense must counter the evidence that he was a participant. Explains Yale Law Professor Burke Marshall: "The question in the end is whether he did something that helped move the drug conspiracy along." Higher purpose is no excuse, says Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe. "Gathering the news is a fundamental right...