Word: counters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most dramatic manifestation, to some observers, is a disheartening exodus. Each month fully 2,000 Israelis leave for other lands. While demographers explain that this is a normal outflow for a free society, the trend runs counter to Israel's very reason for being. The emigrants' motives are mixed, but their departure suggests a loss of the visionary strength common to the pioneers of an earlier generation, who often risked their lives to get into-and stay in-Israel...
...working half-days in the Oval Office. Perhaps as a result, the Administration's foreign policy is still in some disarray. Even before a politically weakened Alexander Haig flew off to a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Rome, aides of the Secretary of State were trying to counter the impression that by its strong pro-Israel stance the Administration had given the Israelis the green light to attack Syrian positions in the danger-laden war in Lebanon...
...goes on, Maister writes key points on the blackboard. Waffle House is open 24 hours a day, for example. "Why would people say, 'Whoopee, let's go to Waffle House'?" he asks. "Downhome atmosphere," she answers. "Casual," he writes. And then "Table and counter service. Cook to order. No advertising. Rule books. G.A.F. (Good American Food). Target mkt: travelers, truckers." "Okay, let's step back a minute," Maister says. "How would you characterize the operation...
...been difficult for Giscard to counter a steady stream of attacks against his presidential style and personality. He remains a surprisingly enigmatic figure for many Frenchmen. Is he a liberal reformer or a conservative? Even his supporters disagree. Does he favor firmness or conciliation toward the Soviet Union? The answer is not clear; some of the President's policies seem refined to the point of ambivalence. Mitterrand accuses him of a monarchical style of government. Chirac, Giscard's former Premier, snipes away at what he sees as Giscard's vacillation and weakness in foreign affairs Michel Debr...
This appeal did not effectively counter intimidation by military and paramilitary members. President Jose Napoleon Duarte went so far as to state publicly that the foreign press "collaborates with the left." Many reporters, including the New York Times's Alan Riding, have received death threats and cannot return to El Salvador. A writer for Mexico's Uno Mas Uno, Ignacio Rodriguez Terrazas, was murdered several months ago. Says Richard Meislin, who formerly covered Nicaragua for the New York Times. "Although I'd be interested in visiting El Salvador, I'm not so crazy as to be a reporter there...