Word: spiels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...newer versions of the Falcon. Industry executives and Perry aides began publicly plugging the idea of lifting the restrictions: the countries of Latin America save for Cuba were now democratic, their economies were rebounding, and the jets their air forces flew in many cases were 1950s vintage, went the spiel. "We treat the Latins like children when we say they can't have new planes," says Joel Johnson, the Aerospace Industries Association's international vice president, implying that to have fully adult relations with other countries requires supplying them with sophisticated armaments...
...retrospect, his spiel was a load of sugar-coated manure, but it sure tasted sweet. I nibbled, and he played me like the tuna...
After getting the spiel from the various boards (and a slide show from the business board that looked like something George Lucas had a hand in), I talked with the sports editors at the time, John Trainer and Tarek Farouki...
Austin said she approached Beys to vote on thefee hike referendum and was asked if she had anyquestions. She said ""Sure--why the rateincrease?' And he gave me his spiel, which Ilistened...
...correspondent stopped a Key Tour that was just finishing up the "Three Lies of the John Harvard Statue" spiel. Knowing that Crimson Key folks went gaga for good humor, FM decided to crack a joke...