Officials also aim to counter negative stereotypes about firefighters and the fire service.

After all, for decades the company has spent lavishly to counter negative perceptions about its most important product, beer.

He could not counter the boy's logic about the waiting.

To counter concerns about busing, the city has established specialized or magnet schools.

Marie countered with a question about the identity of the woman who had sent for him.

I wondered, though, what kind of an explanation he used to counter arguments about the pit.

Another aim of the report is to counter the complacency about strokes among doctors, hospital workers and the public.

Messier, through his father, countered with a request for about $18 million over the same span.

At a news conference, representatives of several other civil rights groups announced efforts to press for the legislation and to counter Administration arguments about quotas.

To counter arguments about competition, consideration should be given to compensatory mechanisms.