Word: counter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...past several weeks, however, negotiators say the tables began more complete discussions of the costs of implementing new programs. At this stage, those involved say, the discussions became more like formal contract negotiations, as each side submitted proposals and counter-proposals...
...when those officials were looking for a way to counter the HRAAA campaign, they turned to the Alumni Association, the organization which nominates the University's "official" slate of overseer candidates...
...This proposal is racist," said Robert L. Wilkins, president of the Black Law Students' Association. "The assumption it asked people to make runs counter to the idea of fighting discrimination. This whole thing became very insulting because conservative students were trying to equate their experience as an 'ideological minority' with that of Black, female or gay students...
Only last week, when--in an effort to counter the slew of peace initiatives proposed by Soviet President Michail Gorbachev--Bush unveiled a well-received plan at the NATO summit designed to achieve substantial cuts in conventional arms and troop levels, did the president provide us with a clear glimpse of his view of the future of superpower relations...
...diversity. To some extent, this view is similar to that of those who have struggled so mightily for the Harvard Corporation to divest its stock in companies that are in South Africa. However, in the case of hiring a fair number of Black faculty, there cannot be an analogous counter-argument suggesting that an immediate loss would accrue to the University in any regard--which makes the situation all the more puzzling. Some faculty have tried lamely to suggest that affirmative action breeds Black dependence upon whites, but this smacks of the same sort of disingenuous concern conservatives have manifested...