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The question of the month in certain literary circles is: Will it be read high-mindedly, as a cautionary reconsideration of McCarthyism, or pruriently, as Roth's counterattack on his ex-wife, actress and memoirist Claire Bloom?
This counterattack has only helped Bush achieve the distance he sought in the first place.
The 100,000 Russian soldiers in the region have faced only light resistance so far from their 6,000 Chechen counterparts, but now Chechen commanders are threatening a counterattack.
The aircraft had witnessed the hijackers' efforts to defeat the passengers' counterattack.
Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr launched a PR counterattack on the White House.