Customs agents carry basic Geiger-counter-like devices in their shirt pockets to measure radiation exposure.

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Government officials had argued during the court hearing that assisted suicide would run counter to basic societal values and the will of parliament.

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Pay-for-delay deals run counter to basic antitrust principles.

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However, basic human instincts have often been observed which run counter to monetary-maximizing behavior.

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The meritocratic assumption is that public provision of basic services, particularly education, does enough to counter this advantage to give everyone a reasonable start.

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The basic policy conclusion of the rational expectations hypothesis is that counter-cyclical monetary and fiscal policies affect real GDP and unemployment only if they are unanticipated.

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She said banks would raise basic salaries to compensate, so the new cap would be counter-productive.

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