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George W. Bush's campaign theme represents a vision of government that balances compassion against self-interest, just as Bill Clinton evoked individual responsibility as a counterweight to government benevolence in 1992.
As a counterweight to the Singapore Chinese, he would bring in the North Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak, granting them special privileges for their indigenous populations and funds for the development of their backward economies.
She was a real counterweight to Tony and Silvio and Paulie Walnuts and Pussy and all the charm they hold for the likes of you, which in a mob context amounts to a giant feminist manifesto.
Halfway back along Kyushu’s west coast, Kumamoto is an old castle town that was of considerable importance to the Tokugawa shoguns as a counterweight to the presence of the annoyingly independent Shimazu clan down in Kagoshima.
In the film, there is no counterweight to Rock's apostle--no substantial or sane character who speaks on the rightness of Catholic dogma.