Word: countering
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...talks between Saddam Hussein and U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker and go nowhere. Bush invades Kuwait before Congress gets around to stopping him. In the next few days, peace protests on campus multiply--larger and more urgent than those we see now, but still accompanied by small counter-demonstrations and lacking any significant following...
Many explain the disparity in representation of Christmas and Hannukah decorations by pointing out that Christmas is a major holiday with significant religious meaning, while Hannukah is a relatively unimportant festival enlarged specifically to provide a counter-Christmas for American Jewish children...
...Blacks and Hispanics and Native Americans receiving Ph.Ds, there is not going to be a significant increase in the number of faculty members who come from [these groups]. Strong efforts have to be made to increase Ph.D. recipients. The [decision] by the Department of Education seems to run counter to that effort...
...some of that protest lost sight of its real concerns and spurred a counter-culture which seemed rooted more in self-interest than in moralistic opposition to U.S. policy. But today's protesters have no rationale for their anti-war rhetoric--they respond to any movement of troops simply by reflex. Their protests are short-sighted and illinformed. Just how much so can be seen in their rhetoric...
...Strong efforts have to be made to increase Ph.D. recipients," Steiner said. "The [decision] by the Department of Education seems to run counter to that effort...