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Representative Roy Blunt, the minority whip, is set to counter Representative Chris Van Hollen, who is charged with helping Democrats expand their majority has head of the House Democrats' campaign committee.

This duration was set to counter memory effects.

The plan, says Long, had been to create an upbeat set to counter the grim trajectory of our post-2010 politics.

In early 1941, the Second Echelon was redesignated the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd New Zealand Division, and was sent to Greece as part of an Allied contingent set to counter a likely invasion by the Germans.

Ricky Ponting was the most free-flowing of batsmen but he would come in at No 3 and occupy the crease, leave the ball, soak up some deliveries and make sure he was well set to eventually counter attack.

Working with other groups opposed to the death penalty like Amnesty International, the Sant'Egidio Community set out to counter Islamic reservations by urging a moratorium rather than outright abolition, thus setting aside the question of principle.

Stronger international treaties need to be set up to counter the threat, they insist.

We'll also be exploring some of the initiatives that have been set up to counter these problems.

It is these sorts of insidious practices that the school admissions code was set up to counter.

A militant faction, the 62 Group set out to counter the propaganda disseminated by the fascists and take a stand against their violence and intimidation.

Ukraine is playing catch up with Russia, which has mastered both covert and overt tactics – from investing in Russia Today's global expansion to the Sputnik news agency, set up to counter "aggressive propaganda" from the west.