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...make a blanket statement [that rates would rise] would not be accurate," he said...
Dubious Denials. Cornered by the press, the scandal-scarred politician finally deigns to answer the charges against him. Listen to his language carefully, especially for signs of the overly specific denial. "On my word of honor, I never accepted cash or other favors in office" is not a blanket refutation of bribery. Maybe he was handed the money in a hotel room or while he was still a candidate. Denying a "five-year affair" is different from claiming a lifetime of marital fidelity. An advanced gambit is angrily rebutting a charge that was never made. When Richard Nixon claimed...
...success had exorcised the demons of Vietnam. In reality, though, U.S. military policy has only taken a first step. We have overcome our total reluctance to using force. But like a baby learning to walk, our government still clings to the doctrine of invincible force as a security blanket against another fall...
...compound and laid side by side underneath a tree. The friends had collapsed after walking for three days and two nights to reach this place from their home village 31 miles away. A nurse slips intravenous tubes into barely visible veins and covers each man with a gray blanket. With stomachs too cramped to tolerate food, the men ignore the cans of gruel placed at their side. The nurse predicts that neither will survive to evening...
...students, at least two of whom were trained in first aid, wrapped Klupinski in a blanket, others attempted to hold the crowd back...