Word: counterattack
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...William Kennedy Smith verdict leave plenty of room for argument. The female accusers gave credible testimony; they seemed to have little to gain, and a great deal to lose, by coming forward with their charges; they both took on men with powerful allies and vast resources to counterattack; they both passed lie- detector tests. Would the Palm Beach decision have changed if the jury had been allowed to hear the testimony of the three other women who have stories of sexual violence during encounters with Smith? Would the Thomas vote have gone differently if his story had been challenged...
...Bush Administration has assigned DAN QUAYLE the task of leading the counterattack on the pit-bull candidacy of PAT BUCHANAN. The Vice President will visit New Hampshire three times before the Feb. 18 primary in an effort to convince voters that his boss hasn't abandoned the conservative creed. Secret Service agents will scout out bowling alleys and shopping malls where Quayle plans to make "spontaneous" stops to assert that the President understands the fears of middle-class Americans. Besides Buchanan, Quayle faces another nemesis: himself. A new poll indicates that 77% of New Hampshire Republicans would rather vote...
Defense attorney Black mounted a devastating counterattack on the women's stories. He argued that the three cases did not represent a "signature style," and that the only real question in the Palm Beach case was whether the woman consented or not. When Judge Mary Lupo ruled that the women could not testify because Lasch had failed to establish enough parallels between their stories and the one from Smith's accuser, the prosecution's case, for all practical purposes, was over...
...Desert Fox," however, was far from finished. Orchestrating an intricate withdrawal, he then prepared for a counterattack. Hitler sent him an entire air corps, detached from the Russian front. The two divisions of the Afrika Korps were resupplied and refreshed, and in June 1942 Rommel captured Tobruk -- earning from the Fuhrer the rank of field marshal. Egypt, Suez and the oil of the Middle East now seemed within his grasp. Hitler, warned by more cautious advisers to be wary about proceeding toward Cairo, nonetheless ordered that operations "be continued until the British forces are completely annihilated . . . The goddess of fortune...
...west. A worried Churchill sent Montgomery, an eccentric, bullheaded disciplinarian, to head the Eighth Army. In spite of frantic pleas from London, Monty -- as the Ulsterman asked his soldiers to refer to him -- took his time, rebuilding troop morale and stocking up on ammunition. Churchill wanted him to counterattack by September 1942. Montgomery chose to wait until Oct. 23. By that time the Eighth Army outnumbered Axis forces 195,000 men to 104,000 and had more than 1,000 tanks to Rommel...