Word: counters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When appealing to student workers and voters, Republican candidate Pat Robertson focuses on his fundamentalist religion and his conservative views on family and education, says Michael D. Lord '90, Robertson's youth co-ordinator for the New England region. He says that these views run counter to those held by "the Washington and party establishment...
...certain industries is the phrase "mature product," customarily employed by a realist to deflate an optimist. The optimist will say that such-and-such commodity, although long on the market with a steady rate of buyers, still has a growth capacity in the millions. The realist will counter that the commodity is in fact a "mature product," and if it tries to overextend its natural reach, it will either flop, twist itself out of shape, or both...
...Morris's hackneyed portrayal. My own Jewish grandparents, who live in Fort Lauderdale, the very belly of Mr. Morris's beast, are actually quite capable drivers and, strangely enough, have even shown signs of outright altruism and intellect. I hope that their virtues might serve as a counter-example to the underlying theory of Mr. Morris's diatribe. As to the other theory proposed in the piece, that which seeks to find a connection among such concepts as banks, stinginess, and "paranoid, bigmouthed, incredibly pushy New York Jews:" what about big noses, wonders one? Well, I suppose "we" have...
Osama told of the folk remedies used to ward off Israel's punitive measures: onions for the eyes, lemons for the stomach to counter the effect of tear gas. There is no remedy for the rubber bullets, which burn the skin and sometimes break bones. The day before, Osama noted, soldiers threw rocks at the shabab from their helicopters. When it gets too rough, he said, "we run away for a while, then get together again to wait for the next time...
...Tony Coelho (D-Calif.) the chief vote counter for House Democrats. said the margin for the showdown vote remains razor-thin, with a group of 30 to 50 members considered crucial...