Word: counter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mere thought that the Wall could crumble into irrelevance so quickly runs counter to the "world views" instilled in those growing up in the age of Nixon, Brezhnev and Reagan. Indeed, the cultural landmarks used to define a "post-war world order" were planted before most of us were even born: Prague 1968; Berlin 1961; Hungary 1956. Even in Asia, Mao's Cultural Revolution and America's involvement in Vietnam began and reached their peak in the mid- to late 1960s...
Indian leftists counter that Gandhi is leaving India's vast numbers of poor people in the lurch. They argue that government resources are being diverted to help the well-off minority, who in turn are frittering away vital funds on luxury goods. Rajni Kothari, a widely respected social scientist, is worried that the middle class is dangerously insensitive to the desperately poor. Says he: "There is a disturbing decline in compassion, in charity, in pity...
Concerned about increasing criticism of the surveillance program, the FBI sent agents to library associations urging them to be aware of manipulative counter-intelligence agencies. The supposed Soviet campaign, the FBI wrote in an in-house memo, could not go "unchallenged...
...today's race may mark the beginning of the end for the CCA Independents split. Fringe groups on both sides have formed new organizations this year with slates of candidates to counter the CCA's established...
Proponents of 1-2-3 counter that owners will offer discounts to tenants, who are the only ones able to buy from them. A landlord would sell a $100,000, unit at $75,000, because under rent control it is only worth $30,000, the theory goes...