In television and in reality the corrupt, swaggering Jewish mobster type has countered the notion of the weakling Jew, said Vincent Brook, author of "Something Ain't Kosher Here: The Rise of the 'Jewish' Sitcom".
It challenges right from the start any positive achievements; the entire first section of the museum is devoted to what it calls the myths of Trujillo, countering the notion of economic stability, for instance, by pointing out fraud in his government and his majority financial stake in national industries.
Role models, such as family members, teaching staff and supervisors could be positive motivators, potentially countering the notions of research being Suited to Academic Career, or Difficult with Clinical Career.
And lower productivity, of course, would counter the notion that productivity growth is offsetting inflationary pressures in the economy.
Recounting researchers' discoveries about the sitters and past owners can help increase the appeal of the little paintings and counter the notion that they are cute or stuffy.
The idea is to counter the notion that the French don't like work.
The institution wants to counter the notion that jazz is somehow intimidating, inaccessible.
"We want to counter the notion that women are safe inside.
This move seemed calculated largely to counter the notion that the rebels had no ideas – and included such traditional Labour ideas as the remutualisation of Northern Rock.
There was something predestined about things for Cameron this time, no tantalising possibility of failure, which runs counter to the notion of the event, which should at least appear to have some element of spontaneity or chaos to it.
In the Book of John, Mr. DeYmaz points out, Jesus is portrayed after the Last Supper as praying for unity among his followers, a message he said runs counter to the notion of an ethnically homogeneous church.
