Word: retorting
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...reporter were to ask Gorey why he illustrated stories of children dying, as one reporter once did, he would retort with a ridiculously absurd explanation...
...grip, Peters," you retort. Is this "be wild and crazy and Webby and CEO of your own life" picture anything other than New Age/new economy/Palo Alto-consultantspeak...
...least one in every 10 South Africans is HIV-positive, President Thabo Mbeki lashed out at critics of his government's flirtation with self-styled "dissident" AIDS scientists who believe the disease isn't caused by the HIV virus. Mbeki even put a nationalist spin on his angry retort to those who criticized him for giving credence to discredited science. Distinguishing AIDS in Africa as a primarily heterosexual phenomenon that is destined to slash average life expectancy in his region to 47, Mbeki insisted that "as Africans we have to deal with this uniquely African catastrophe" and that simply accepting...
...student pointedly explained to Buchanan, in what was more an exposition than an inquiry, that he possessed "no redeeming qualities." When Buchanan observed that, based on the demographics of the country at large, white Catholics and Christians are currently the most underrepresented group at Harvard, an undergraduate rose to retort, "Well, perhaps white Catholics and Christians such as yourself are not qualified to be here...
...senator. When Gore fired back that he's been endorsed by many prominent blacks, including most of the Congressional Black Caucus, Bradley drew loud boos by responding that those leaders didn't know Gore's voting record as well as he did. Gore drew a rousing ovation with the retort: "In my experience the Black Caucus is pretty savvy. They know more than you think they know...