Word: counterattack
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...Forbes attacks on Dole are constant and withering. So Dole and his advisers pore over their nightly tracking polls, which for awhile showed Forbes gaining steadily, then slipping a bit as Dole's counterattack hit home, then rising once again. By Monday night, the eve of the speeches, Dole had dipped from the mid- to high 30s down to 30, but was flattening out there. Forbes, after some ups and downs, appeared to be leveling off at 18%, while Gramm, after a brief charge during which he briefly surpassed Forbes, held around...
When you're losing support that rapidly, building a fire wall against further damage is difficult. Yet that's what the Dole forces are attempting in New Hampshire. The counterattack is everywhere--on the ground and in the air. Dole's refusal to slam his rivals is history. Anti-Forbes TV spots are flooding the airwaves. A new one will remind voters that Forbes' flat-tax plan would end their cherished property-tax deduction. Encouraged by Dole staffers, special-interest groups have pitched in with statements like the one from a realtors' group equating the flat...
...delegates are up for grabs a week after the New Hampshire primary. For a time, the Dole camp was pleased that Forbes was crowding out the rest of the field. No more. Forbes' media blitz, which blasts Dole as a tax-loving Washington dealmaker, has prompted a fierce counterattack that only confirms Forbes' new status. Beware of Forbes' "risky ideas," says a new Dole spot running in Iowa. "Great," says Forbes' campaign manager, Bill Dal Col. "Dole's setting up a one-on-one race...
...larger company, a case of past downsizing prompting more downsizing. Also, changes in federal and state telecommunications laws are likely to touch off fierce new competition among Ma Bell and her children, the Baby Bells. The Baby Bells could invade AT&T's long-distance business; AT&T can counterattack by muscling into the Baby Bells' local markets and also by offering cellular services and, later, portable wireless phones. Analysts think both Ma and kids will have to cut prices deeply, forcing cost cuts achievable only by big layoffs...
...Pepcid's quick strike, Tagamet's ambitious counterattack and the row over advertising may look like mere skirmishes when Zantac 75 enters the fray. This acid blocker is the over-the-counter version of Zantac, the top-selling prescription drug in the world and the pride of Britain's Glaxo-Wellcome pharmaceutical stable. Prescribed for 240 million patients around the globe, Zantac last year generated $3.6 billion in sales, $2.1 billion in the U.S. And last month the over-the-counter Zantac 75 received a recommendation from an FDA advisory committee, virtually assuring its imminent approval for sale...