The precision is supposed to help lawmakers explain support for the Clinton plan and to counter opposition to the plan by business groups.

The mutuality is necessary so that leaders in both countries can counter hard-line opposition.

In 1970, for example, he presided over Honor America Day, a national celebration that Nixon called to counter swelling opposition to the Vietnam War.

Milton Bins, chairman of the group, said he hoped to counter opposition to Judge Thomas from the Congressional Black Caucus.

Despite that victory, however, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry has made little progress in its efforts to counter growing opposition to more nuclear power plants.

In pursuit of the strategy, they have sought to counter Israeli opposition to the P.L.O. by reviving King Hussein's role.

Many officials said the bond needed overwhelming support on the Island to counter growing upstate opposition.

The skills learned by these and other South Americans at the school, he said, are then taken to their respective countries and used to counter opposition by torture and murder.

In an attempt to counter opposition from the Belfast Protestant Association, he proclaimed his opposition to Irish home rule.

The Government also agreed to weaken elements of the bill to counter opposition from legislators who draw tax advantages for private hospitals and schools that they own under the current rules.