It's certainly the case that the publication in 1992 of his "Selected Letters" caused a bit of a plummet in Larkin's stock; this "Complete Poems" will hardly counter his reputation as a racy, and racist, old codger who wasn't above a swipe at a homosexual, a Jew or even the odd Irishman.
That sounds nice, but hardly counter-intuitive.
But they are hardly enough to counter a stronger wave, the pull toward everything getting back to "normal" at the university.
Passion was hardly enough to counter the Lakers' multifaceted talent.. Martin's fire, as well as his 26 points, could not compete with the play of Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant as the Lakers defeated the Nets by 106-103 at Continental Arena.
Nor was I was convinced that she really loved Alex. Wearing his key around her neck was visual evidence, I suppose, but hardly enough to counter all the wrong she had done him; this fish was too cold to be warmed up by a mere fire.
CONS: There is hardly any counter space in the bathroom.
CONS: The kitchen is very small and has hardly any counter space.
The insertion of further US troops is hardly a counter balance to the large-scale Russian and Iranian presence in Syria and does not represent a total abandonment of a negotiated settlement.
The allure of the costuming almost blinded me: to the master bath carved out of a closet, leaving no place for clothes, to the tiny finished basement with an "office" behind a striped curtain, to the kitchens fashionably clad in stainless but with hardly any counter space.
Ms. Jiau's lawyer countered that the information might not have been public, but it hardly met the threshold of inside information.
