Word: countering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Critics counter that the FAA's stricter reporting system may just be catching up to the frightening reality in the skies. Moreover, the FAA has loosened another requirement: until 1985 planes that passed within 1,000 ft. of each other vertically were considered too close, and the incident had to be reported; now the vertical-separation standard is just 500 ft. Under an accurate system, this change should produce fewer, not more, close-call reports. Some pilots object to this reduction in the near-miss distance, noting that if two airliners are six miles apart but headed toward each other...
What confronts the customer at the stockroom counter is "16+5," a disturbing combination of bright purple and yellow, dull gold and dark purple lines. Five large squares emerge from a combination of the sixteen, hence the title...
...wipe out 1986 after-tax earnings, which had been expected to approach $2 billion. While one spokesman for the Communications Workers union accused the company of "mean and inappropriate" behavior for breaking the news during the holiday season, Chairman James Olson insisted that the belt tightening was necessary to counter growing competition in the communications industry. Said he: "This is no longer the old, stable monopoly business...
...same time, 30 other counter-protesters defended the CIA's freedom of speech and right to recruit on campus...
TAMPA, Fla.--After several days of claims and counter-claims, the attorney for Dwight Gooden and representatives of the Tampa Police Department are trying to find a way to cool things off following the New York Met pitcher's arrest and scuffle with police officers Saturday night...