Word: counterfuls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Colombian President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo has said no, choosing instead, with the U.S., to place more than $3 million in bounties on Escobar's head and stepping up police pressure. Last week Escobar fired back, announcing that he would set up a private army, the Antioquia Rebel Movement, to counter the "barbaric methods" of special antinarcotics police forces. The government dismissed the threat as an attempt by Escobar to portray himself as a political -- rather than a criminal -- outlaw, another ploy to cut a deal. The continued standoff is leading to a new wave of violence. Late last week...
...display panel on the video recorder--which has a list price of $2,935--read "REC" yesterday and the digital tape counter was active...
...short-lived isotope, which is used as a tracer in medical research, left invisible spots that were detected with a Geiger counter. A clean-up crew found traces on the floor and in the elevator...
...still check the soles of our shoes with theGeiger counter," said third-year medical studentRussell R. Reid. "It is a big concern for everyonethat we can unknowingly bring the radioactivesubstance into our home...
Walter Sousa, manager of Prospect Liquor on Cambridge Street, shook his head as he listened to McMahon describe one sting in which two employees stood at the counter discussing the Boston Globe's article on the upcoming sting operation while selling asix-pack to a constable without asking him foridentification...