11.   What is needed is a way to break the cycle of charges and counter charges involving sexual indiscretions and other tabloid topics, he said.

12.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat complained Friday that Israel was not serious about the negotiations, countering charges by Netanyahu that the Palestinians were holding up a deal.

13.   Andreotti recently launched a media blitz to counter the charges and try to save his reputation.

14.   Andreotti has recently initiated a media blitz to counter the charges and try to save his reputation.

15.   Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver countered the charge, saying the Debt Reform Act in the new budget is sufficient.

16.   Countering charges that he is exaggerating threats by international terrorists, President Fidel Ramos on Sunday referred to letters from U.S. President Clinton saying the danger is real.

17.   Embattled accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP went to court Monday to counter charges that it could have helped prevent the largest nonprofit bankruptcy in U.S. history.

18.   Hong Kong officials countered the charges by saying they acted only after the Chinese liaison office complained about the obstruction outside.

19.   Many historians say communist officials tolerated him only as a token they could use to counter charges they had instituted single-party rule.

20.   They also said they would declare their assets to counter charges of corruption, although the government will not make the information public.