Word: counters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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During his introductory statement, Counter said one administrator remarked, "'I really didn't know we had all those people [minority students] here...
...Allen Counter, the panel's moderator who directs the Foundation, said that he received some "sad" reactions from 350th celebration planners when he suggested a symposium on cultural diversity and similar events related to minority issues...
...when Reagan swept into Washington, his appointments gave bureaucratic access to a different league of players: "movement conservatives," who had a specific and radical agenda in mind. "The conservative elite," says Sidney Blumenthal, author of the forthcoming book The Rise of the Counter- Establishment, "sees itself as a counter to the liberal establishment, which includes not only liberals but traditional Republicans. Institution by institution, the conservatives have built up an infrastructure in the shadow of the liberal establishment, to combat and finally to overthrow it. The think tanks are obviously an important part of the movement." Blumenthal calls the growth...
Last week the opponents formed a coalition, Californians United Committee Against Proposition 63, and a political-action committee, which hopes to raise $1 million to fight the initiative. The proponents have already raised $550,000, and they say they will counter any blitz from the opposition. The initiative, which got on the ballot with more than 1 million signatures, is a good bet to pass. If so, California would join six other states (Nebraska, Illinois, Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky and Georgia) that have English as an official language. Similar English-only efforts are already under way in 15 other states, including...
...even as they announced the Chief Executive's bold plan to use "the full power of the Presidency" to counter illicit drug use, Mr. Reagan's spokesmen were forced to make a humbling admission: that there are no plans underway to increase funding for drug-treatment centers already overwhelmed by the increased abuse of crack and devastated by previous cutbacks in federal subsidies. But that should come as no surprise. For years, while his wife has toured the country spouting anti-drug rhetoric, Ronald Reagan's budgetary priorities have overlooked drug-abuse prevention and rehabilitation programs...