Word: disavower
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Empire Plan. Now, as general manager, Gortatowsky has a lot to say about how the Hearst papers are run, but like all well-mannered Hearst brass hats, would have you believe that "The Chief" does it all himself. This disavowal of credit also enables him to disavow responsibility for Hearstian yellow jingoism...
...British Foreign Office hastened to disavow responsibility for the General's appointment, saying that it had not been consulted...
When MacArthur was doing what he could with what he had on Bataan I didn't say, "MacArthur for President!" Later, when MacArthur was forced to disavow any intention of running for the presidency before Washington would give him the go-sign in Australia, I didn't say, "Politics as usual...
...They repeated and embellished their pledge of no wartime strikes. Promising to punish rebellious locals, Green declared: "I publicly disavow any strikes of any kind by any A.F. of L. union for the duration...
...Chicago Tribune, which had often hailed him as a hero, Representative Everett McKinley Dirksen a Republican from Pekin, Ill., longtime, profound Roosevelt-hating Isolationist, solemnly proclaimed on the floor the House his future support of the President's policy. He added, amid silence and Republican consternation: "To disavow or oppose that policy now could only weaken the President's position, impair prestige and imperil the nation...