Other counter-piracy measures being taken include offering support from Treasury officials to Kenya to help its officials track down pirates' assets.

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Attempting to accomplish this by offering reasons and arguments typically leads to counter-reasons and more arguments.

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An employee at the special share-sale counter took not a single order in the first three days of the offering.

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One counter-intuitive tactic I suggest to thaw minds frozen in opposition to your position is offering-up a mea culpa while pressing your case as you do so.

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These government officials are expected to counter the work of detailers employed by pharmaceutical companies who inform doctors about the new medicines they are offering.

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