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Before going in he stepped in to the post-office for his mail - - usually an empty ceremony - - said a word or two to the town-clerk , who sat across the passage in idle state , and then went over to the store on the opposite corner , where Carrick Fry , the storekeeper , always kept a chair for him , and where he was sure to find one or two selectmen leaning on the long counter , in an atmosphere of rope , leather , tar and coffee-beans . This method adds one to the interface ’ s reference count ( or to the object ’ s reference count , if the object implements only one counter for all its interfaces ) . On one side is a long counter , staffed by six or seven young Latinas . But how could one counter his claim without revealing a secret ? Reg , there may be such a thing as " objective truth " , but we have no way of knowing it or proving that we know it , because we cannot observe each and every instance over all space and time , and all it takes is ONE counter example to disprove an assertion / hypothesis / theory . To avoid bidding wars , the manager offering the position is limited to one salary offer , to which the employee 's current manager may make one counter offer . No. I would argue that decentralization is a better redundancy and provides for more competition and innovation in the long term because the centralization implies one counter party - - one central point of failure and one service provider , whereas a decentralized marketplace implies multiple liquidity hubs operated by competing market centers offering the end investor an alternative destination for trading the same securities . In the near corner above the long counter perched a black and white TV and a speaker providing the barely audible sounds of Guns n ' Roses as our breakfast background music . Just past the doorway , she looked to her left at the warm-glowing heater ; a bit of space , then the open racks of wood shelves for air-drying her pots before firing ; a long counter above which hung cutting wires , a needle for testing clay thickness , fettling knives , a wire loop for trim work , brushes for glazing . If anything , there 's a sense of 1950s diner to the place , with its dessert case at the entrance , an abundance of booths , a long counter with seating and a window to the kitchen where servers pick up fare behind that counter .