Word: counter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Democrats are poised to elevate Tom Foley to the top House post, but there will be a scramble for other leadership positions. -- At this week's NATO summit, George Bush may counter Gorbachev's gambits by proposing a cut in U.S. , forces in Europe. -- Could the explosion that killed 47 sailors on the U.S.S. Iowa have been triggered by a plot to collect insurance...
...deeply rooted that it seems irreversible. The best efforts of Black Greeks have been met with blind rejection. It seems to make no difference what Black Greeks say or do, for without seeking the light of information, this administration prejudges and condemns us. We have had little opportunity to counter the negative perception of Black Greeks because we cannot share our many activities with the Harvard community. We are unable to publicize the many lecture series. forums and community service projects in which we participate...
...incentive bonuses, or gone on strike to prevent introduction of such bonuses. Their proletarian comrades in the Soviet Union have reportedly downed tools for higher pay, while others burned a prosperous collective that raised pigs because it was too successful. In Poland the economic program of Solidarity runs directly counter to any efforts at reform. It demands higher wages, stable prices and job security. In China efforts to decentralize decision making have resulted in economic anarchy as local authorities assumed the power to tax or even create money that citizens had earlier unquestioningly granted to the Emperor...
...time when international pharmaceutical giants are scrambling to join forces. Hoffmann-La Roche, whose strong suit is prescription products, still smarts from its failure last year to acquire New York City-based Sterling Drug, the maker of Bayer aspirin, Phillips milk of magnesia and other popular over-the-counter brands. Sterling spurned the Hoffmann-La Roche offer and sold out to Eastman Kodak instead. "We wanted primarily to establish ourselves in the American over-the-counter market," recalls Hoffmann-La Roche Chairman Fritz Gerber, 60, whose company gets a third of its sales from U.S. operations based in Nutley...
...create the No. 2 pharmaceutical company after Merck. American Home Products, the maker of Advil and Anacin, is acquiring A.H. Robins. Merck, meanwhile, is scarcely standing still. In March the company formed a joint venture with Johnson & Johnson, its New Jersey neighbor, under which Merck will develop over-the-counter versions of patented medicines that Johnson & Johnson will market...