Word: claimed
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PUBLIC RELATIONS: this will be the type of effort that the Bush administration will be trying to make when they reverse campaign promises and raise taxes. This is when the administration will blame a tax hike on the Democratic Congress, or claim that economic circumstances are vastly different than during the election. This should be called PROPAGANDA...
...Wildcat frontline, Chris Perkins, Eric Thielen and Dave Marshall, dominated Harvard--scoring 40 points and swiping 24 rebounds. Only freshman Eric Carter could claim to have played a solid game up front for the Crimson, scoring 15 points and grabbing eight rebounds in only 14 minutes of playing time...
Perhaps Mitchell's greatest claim to public fame was his performance last year during the Iran-Contra hearings. In a quiet but nationally televised confrontation with Lt. Col. Oliver North, who had testified with great patrioticfervor, Mitchell looked at the witness and spokeinto the microphone...
Nevertheless, the claim that America lost something with Kennedy's death serves as a convenient--and misleading--excuse for explaining why America has had problems in the past quarter century. It is a wonderful scapegoat for national leaders or policymakers unable to solve major problems, whether they be poverty, the deficit or international terrorism...
...office at campaign headquarters in part to keep a watchful eye on Bush's effective, but self-congratulatory, hired guns. At least two key aides believe Dan Quayle will be Vice President because Bush insisted on making the choice totally on his own so that his staffers could not claim they selected, engineered or vetoed any candidates themselves. The result of that preoccupation was that Bush operated in total secrecy, and it led to a near disaster...