Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has warned councils against using "under-the-counter pay-offs to silence departing staff".
Additional under-the-counter bribes became a routine part of town-hall business, say investigators.
So designers are seeing under-the-counter microwaves, dishwashers set into drawers that match existing cabinetry, and in-cabinet coffee makers with their own water lines installed.
The aptly-named Party Dishwasher sports a sleek, silver finish and your standard under-the-counter boxy design, but what it lacks in originality outside, it certainly makes up for inside.
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Promotional allowances between manufacturers and retailers--discounts in exchange for ads or shelf space--are common in the grocery business, and they occasionally veer off into less ethical incentives consisting of under-the-counter rewards to a retailer's employees.
At its worst, it was a rotten system that served established interests - in France as well as in African states - with, at its heart, a devil's bargain: you stay tame and send us your minerals, and when we need it, under-the-counter cash.
Sexier, but in no less a commodity category, Sephora took on both the over-the-counter department store cosmetic brands and the under-wraps drug store brands and created an open-sell environment as its distinguishing brand factor.
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The Serie A club enjoyed ample possession, but the Rangers defence held firm under the constant threat of counter-attack from the visitors.
For instance, terrorism expert Steve Emerson has warned that, by charging Hasan only with murder rather than terrorist acts, the Justice Department is denying investigators tools available to law enforcement under the counter-terrorism Patriot Act.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency, the companies' conservator, directed Fannie and Freddie to delist their shares, which they expect to be traded in the over-the-counter market under tickers that have yet to be assigned.
The package of bills would also change the rules for the treatment of over-the-counter drugs under popular savings plans.
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Matisse would surely have appreciated the palette displayed under the glass counter of the Fenocchio ice-cream shop in the old town.
This sensitivity training is all done under the guise of our counter-insurgency (COIN) strategy to win the hearts and minds of Muslims first in Iraq and now in Afghanistan.
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He is the second police officer to be convicted under Operation Elveden, following the case of ex-counter-terrorism detective April Casburn.
The medicine, called tranexamic acid, is sold over the counter under the brand names Cyklo-F and Femstrual to help women affected by heavy periods.
Last year, the Obama administration threw the FDA under the bus by over-ruling its decision to expand the over-the-counter use of Plan B contraceptives to adolecents.
They say that the equipment they use is under constant review, along with the tactics and electronic counter-measures.
Due to Mubarak's commitment to stemming the tide of jihadist forces that threatened his regime, under his rule Egypt served as a major counter-terror hub in the US-led war against international jihad.
You also derided our attempts to combat the spread of extremism within our country and suggested that a draft counter-terrorism law, currently under discussion by the Shura Council (Consultative Council), could be used for purposes other than those for which it is being enacted.
When a counter-demonstration under the name of United People of Luton led to arrests, local football supporters decided something should be done.
Brushing such problems under the carpet will ultimately be counter-productive.
The bar itself has an under-lit agate counter that's flanked by a pair of Casa Pupo porcelain leopards a late 1970s byword in bad taste and a complete triumph in this room.
Theoretically, this is OK because the Carter 3 mixtape where it appears isn't for sale, although artists and bootleggers do sell mixtapes under the counter, at brick-and-mortar holes in the wall and online.
They failed to capitalise on some early pressure they put Bolton under before the home side dealt them a blow by taking the lead after a swift counter-attack.
But under the original IRS guidance, people couldn't use those cards for the prescribed over-the-counter medications.
Uddin was under partial counter-terrorism surveillance, and five days before the aborted EDL attack, a West Midlands surveillance officer watched him and another man go to a homewares shop near his home in the Sparkhill area of Birmingham.
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The review will consider the use of control orders for terror suspects, stop and search powers under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, the use of counter-terror laws against photographers, and the detention of terror suspects before charge.
"FSB counter-intelligence agents detained a CIA staff member who had been working under the cover of third political secretary of the US embassy in Moscow, " the FSB said.
In the United States both secular and religious arbitration are firmly established, operating under a Federal Arbitration Act that gives robust standing to the procedure but also allows the parties to counter-appeal to ordinary courts on certain grounds (though America's church-state separation stops courts hearing arguments about doctrine).
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