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...Clinton Administration has branded as "hogwash" a claim by the speaker of the Iraqi parliament that thetwo Americans arrested just inside Iraqlast week were U.S. saboteurs. The two, civilian workers William Barloon and David Daliberti, were sentenced Saturday to eight years in prison for entering the country illegally, though they said they were visiting a friend just across the border from Kuwait. At home, the White House fought GOP calls to consider a military rescue mission if Iraq does not release the men. Sunday, presidential candidate Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) said President Clinton should publicly weigh military options, while...
...technical policy and public-service director Edward Groth III calls the fda letter to Hansen "hogwash, a propaganda document put out to discredit his report." Groth defends Hansen's expertise and explains CR's position on bst: "The literature shows there is possibly a problem but no conclusive proof. Scientist A says we should be cautious. Scientist B says let's go ahead. Science sometimes carries more weight than it should. Science is good, but in policy you need value judgments...
These commentators act in the best tradition of intellectual analysis. The techniques of statistics and forms of debate in the social sciences are meant to distinguish truth from hogwash...
...whole issue of this being a violation of [the deductible] statute of the insurance is just hogwash," Nero said...
...many "realists," this argument will reek of sentimental hogwash. To these jealous guardians of the national interest, the only moral obligation the U.S. has is to stay out of trouble...