Word: counters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Latin Americans, who feel chronically misunderstood by Washington, and to the U.S. public. "What am I thinking about?" replied the President to one Brazilian reporter's question. "Right now? I'm thinking this has been a very wonderful visit for us." White House aides tried to counter the impression that the President was shirking urgent work in Washington for a Latin holiday. Nancy Reagan did not go, and the 600-person presidential entourage, wary of "Flying Down to Rio" headlines, avoided Brazil's gayest metropolis...
...could lie about their status. "How are we going to check on that?" asks Board President Walter Johnson. Another, he says, is the uncertain cost. "We do not know where we're going, who we're talking about, how many people we're talking about." Supporters counter that the new single beneficiaries will be younger (thus healthier), yet not likely to make childbirth claims. And with even a majority of nongay San Franciscans supporting the idea, political pressures may force the board to go along...
...Assistant Dean of the College Mack I. Davis, and race-relations Foundation Director S. Allen Counter, the other administrators at the meeting, could not be reached for comment yesterday...
...strategic level, they will give more attention to faster MIR Ving of submarine launch missiles. It is the SS-20 that they care most about as an intermediate range system, it can reach anywhere in Western Europe. They are also mobile....highly accurate and can be used as counter-force weapons ... For exactly the same reason why the Russians say they are so distressed at the Americans about the MX. Western Europeans are rightly concerned about the SS-20. The SS-20 is definitely something Andropov will continue on with in Europe...
Congress can still resist Administration pressure, and it's always possible the White House will learn a lesson if it gets enough public flak. Obviously, nothing is going to stop the Administration from using its influence in pragmatic fashion to counter problems as it sees them. Next time, though, Reagan and Co. might use what intelligence they have to pick on some bad guys instead...