• Each team has a Democratic counter, a Democratic observer, a Republican counter and a Republican observer.

    CNN: Republicans, Democrats clash in Palm Beach county amid recount

  • He brought to the counter a bag of what he hoped were roasted but unsalted cashews.

    NEWYORKER: Outage

  • The Bangladeshi government has ordered the partial shut-down of natural gas stations in and around the capital to counter a growing power crisis.

    BBC: Bangladesh to shut gas stations amid power crisis

  • RPI's credibility is likely to be further enhanced by an initiative designed to counter a widespread lack of public trust in the official inflation figures.

    ECONOMIST: Inflation

  • Australia's central bank has cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3%, as it looks to counter a slowdown in its mining sector.

    BBC: BHP Billiton Western Australia iron ore mine

  • It also has to counter a wave of apathy, make the workings of the EU seem relevant and interesting to people's lives, especially to the young.

    BBC: Analysis: EU gets down to business

  • Pakistan's intelligence agencies helped nurture Sunni militant groups like Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in the 1980s and 1990s to counter a perceived threat from neighboring Iran, which is mostly Shiite.

    NPR: Pakistani Shiites Mourn As Bomb Death Toll Hits 45

  • "Concentrating on one particular kind of perspective, that is a faith-based perspective, leaves out of the counter a great range of perspectives that could be rather useful, " he said.

    BBC: Today - Should Thought stay sacred?

  • Some parents say older children deserve the same constitutional rights as adults, but educators counter a school setting has always been treated differently by courts, and a ruling against them could jeopardize campus safety.

    CNN: 13-year-old's school strip-search case heads to Supreme Court

  • No new evidence has been presented against her, no allegations have been put forward, with certainty and legal clarity and no time limit or an opportunity to counter a hypothetical decision against her has been provided.

    BBC: Exchange of letters between Thanou and IOC

  • It has been restructuring over the past two years to try to counter a drop in ferry passengers, partly thanks the phenomenal growth of low-cost airlines like Ryannair and stiff competition from the likes of Eurotunnel.

    FORBES

  • Also, it might help the industry counter a trend of resource nationalism in which governments want a bigger cut from mining operations, whether in the form of higher royalties or sometimes even threatening to take back mines.

    FORBES: INTERVIEW: USAGX's Denbow: Gold Miners On Track With Focus On Profitability

  • Simasiku said the state did not have an expert witness to counter a planned defense argument that Barnard actually died from lack of care in the hospital and not as a result of injuries sustained in the accident.

    NPR: SAfrican Court Acquits Brother Of Oscar Pistorius

  • There are only three people behind a counter with a sneeze-guard who quickly assemble pizzas topped with fresh vegetables, cold cuts and cooked meat.

    FORBES: Raw Deal

  • It has been estimated that a banking transaction over the telephone costs half as much as the same transaction conducted over a counter in a traditional branch, and that an ATM transaction costs a quarter as much.

    ECONOMIST: Idea

  • Add a booth, a Formica counter and a cup of joe - as diner patrons call their coffee.

    BBC: Why the diner is the ultimate symbol of America

  • Typical Jim Donald stories involve him getting behind a deli counter for a day or working a third shift in a warehouse to buck up his employees.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • As health secretary in the Thatcher government, Norman (now Lord) Fowler told me if the health service were like a rev counter in a car it would have been running in the red zone under successive governments.

    BBC: Stafford Hospital report to shape the health debate

  • Later, as an official with the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Williams worked to bring developers into struggling neighborhoods--neighborhoods sometimes suspicious of a bean counter wearing a bow tie. (Williams adopted the bow tie because he liked the look of a couple of Nation of Islam guys who worked in the office--though he says the choice was strictly sartorial, not religious.) Still later, when Williams worked at St.

    CNN: Can Tony Williams Save D.C.?

  • Finishing things off: 2 millimeters of lining leather, Vibram rubber soles, a steel shank, a leather heel counter and a styrene toe box to harden the front and prevent nasty stubs.

    FORBES: Entrepreneurs

  • We need a counter balance not a re-enforcer of the House of Commons.

    BBC: Your views on the Lords

  • Request samples at a Kiehl's store (where the selection is usually larger) or a Kiehl's counter in a department store.

    CNN: 23 surprising things you can get for free

  • So a year ago a small shop was refurbished, a counter installed and a credit union was opened by local people for the Donegall Road and Village community.

    BBC: Loan sharks driven off by credit union

  • Cyber Monday was meant as a counter PHRASE rather than a hard and fast date.

    FORBES: Sorry, Retailers--Cyber Monday's Days Are Numbered*

  • Today, it is no longer strange to see a man hovering a Sephora counter looking for a concealer.

    FORBES: South Korean Men Embracing Makeup, Driving Male Cosmetic Industry

  • Clermont tried to launch a counter-attack with a long defensive pass but the ball was stolen by Abraham, allowing Kiel to trot in and touch down in the corner.

    BBC: Clermont Auvergne 15-32 Sale

  • When it said recently it expected the UK economy to shrink slightly in the first quarter of 2012, I did wonder whether the downbeat prediction would turn out to be a counter-indicator - a sign that we had definitely avoided a double dip.

    BBC: Britain's zig-zag economy

  • Although the housing market has stabilized over the last half a year, the chorus calling for a double dip in housing is growing louder as data such as this runs counter to a sustainable recovery thesis.

    FORBES: Housing Starts Stumble After Stimulus

  • Chaudhry went to Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, only to be confronted with a counter-demonstration organized by a pro-government party intent on disrupting his appearance.

    NPR: Former Pakistan Leader Sharif Desires Return

  • The misses were punished when Burnley's record signing Fletcher ran on to a Tyrone Mears pass and ended a counter-attack by driving a left-foot shot in from the edge of the area.

    BBC: Burnley 2-1 Birmingham

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