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By Victor Chen The New Yorker, January 7 , 1974P. 21 Talk story about 3 citizens' groups--Environmental Action, Consumer Action Now, & the Village Green Recycling Team--who held a counter-awards ceremony on one floor of the Biltmore in protest against Keep America Beautiful, Inc., which was holding an awards reception on another floor of the hotel.
Powers deplored the "emotionalism" of the counter-award ceremony & upheld the K.A.B. position.
After much else had failed, Park bought a golf counter and awarded positive points for desirable behaviors (saying hello, using people's names, making eye contact), negative points for undesirable ones (screaming, crying, hitting).
He suggested organising a "plan B (for blogosphere)", awarding a set of competing prizes - the Goncourt B, the Renaudot B - to mirror and counter the "depressing" awards in the real world.
Given that we live in a world where participation trophies and prizes are almost a given, I asked Ms. Merryman to offer parents some practical advice on how to counter the automatic award mentality.
Texas has countered that it awards credits without regard to race, and that the Fair Housing Act should apply only to cases of intentional discrimination.
Marshall decided that the best way to counter this was to award MacArthur the Medal of Honor.
Westchester County announced a comprehensive plan yesterday to counter a bioterrorist attack, awarding $1.8 million in state and federal money to hospitals, emergency services and medical organizations.
It's done so well, the series is now set to make its TV debut — as counter programming to the Emmy awards.
