Administration officials also countered speculation that Mr. Bush was reluctant to risk American lives in Liberia because of qualms among some Republicans in Congress.
Oracle executives reiterated the company's intent to acquire a rival software maker, PeopleSoft, for $7.3 billion, hoping to counter speculation that the merger was looking increasingly unlikely.
Mr. Armani, whether because of the economy or to counter speculation about his health (Mr. Armani is suffering from a liver ailment, according to his spokesman), energetically fired up some of his classics.
European stock markets have surged, and the euro and pound have fallen, after the UK and European central banks both moved to counter speculation that monetary policy will be tightened.
To counter speculation that it had disappeared, or been taken to Russia, he showed part of it to a few ambassadors in the summer pavilion of the palace that year.
WASHINGTON, July 31 In their effort to counter speculation that the allies are preparing to make new concessions in the Vietnam talks, both President Nixon and President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam have indicated in the last 24 hours how little they expect from the next phase of negotiations in Paris.
In a letter to the chancellor, Alistair Darling, the CBI's director general, Richard Lambert, says the government needs to accelerate its efforts to get the public finances back on track to counter speculation that it is the next European country at risk of moving down the credit ratings.
"I think what we have got is a stable minority government," he said, trying to counter speculation that he might find himself in the position of Pierre Trudeau, a former prime minister, who was forced to negotiate with the New Democratic Party on almost a daily basis to remain in power in the early 1970's.
Swansea released a statement after Rodgers was presented as the new Liverpool manager to counter speculation that a trio of Swans - midfielder Joe Allen, defender Ashley Williams and full-back Neil Taylor - are transfer targets.
MSF's findings are preliminary, but the group said it was releasing them to counter speculation and to be transparent about what took place.
