Word: counters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another frequently overlooked culprit: overmedication. Nearly 80% of people 65 and older have at least one chronic condition (top four: arthritis, high blood pressure, hearing impairment, heart disease); about one-third have three or more. To combat their problems, they rely on a battery of over-the-counter and prescription drugs. The majority of people in this age group use more than five medications, and 10% take more than twelve. Interactions among drugs, as well as too much of some drugs, can cause a host of complications, from mental confusion to slowed blood clotting to disturbance of the heart...
...called it their "tactical nuclear weapon," ready to air if Bush tried any negative ploy or increased his lead going into New Hampshire. Dole, once enthusiastic about the ad, lost his stomach for it by the end of last week. Perhaps he knew that Bush was ready with a counter-ad. It shows a two-faced Dole taking both sides of the issues...
...Foundation will donate the proceeds to one of several groups that aid the homeless, said Harvard Foundation Director S. Allen Counter...
...high time that Harvard take steps towards improving undergraduate access to the full range of campus life. Combining the two telephone directories or handing both out to students would be a simple gesture--and it might even begin to counter the image of Harvard as aloof and indifferent to undergraduate concerns...
...netherworld of basketball arenas, talking of crowd control, relish, ramps. Or would it be better to start life over again with the lady cop in the subway? She looked mighty fetching in blue. A life of summonses and judo. Or the solemn woman at the rent-a-car counter? A prospect of long nights spent writing their initials inside little circles. The cashier at the A&P? The jogger with the Westie? The Captain confesses that he is much taken with that lanky public defender on TV, the one who never smiles and who dresses like Alcott and Andrews. Late...