Word: spokesman
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...becomes part of the city code, no new pit bulls will be allowed on New York streets after the existing ones die. But opposition to any restriction on a specific breed of dog is likely to be strong. "It's an unworkable, untenable, unconstitutional idea," says American Kennel Club spokesman Alan Stern...
...himself from the press, he held more news conferences in the ten weeks following the election than Reagan did in his last two years in office. "I think you will see him act as President very much as he has been in the last few weeks," says White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater...
Kohl's sudden turnabout last week touched off a rash of inquiries in West Germany to establish who knew what and when. On Friday government spokesman Friedhelm Ost said the country's intelligence agency had given Bonn in mid- October "serious information" about Imhausen's possible role in the Libyan project. Whether or not Kohl received those details, he was definitely informed about the U.S. case against Imhausen when he visited Washington in mid-November. Says Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Charles Thomas: "When Kohl left here, he was absolutely convinced." A Kohl adviser was not quite as sweeping...
...Bonn around Christmas. The delay occurred, says Ost, because "some things have to be pursued in a discreet manner." Discretion, however, quickly gave way to finger pointing. Press reports obviously based on leaks from U.S. officials began appearing on New Year's Day. The next day, through a spokesman, Bonn issued the first of several denials, claiming that "we have no evidence so far that German firms or persons have been involved" in the Libyan project...
...Party, dozens of independent political associations have begun organizing. Though there is no legal provision for such parties, the reform-minded Grosz regime has not challenged them. Communist regimes have not been known for power sharing, and skeptics wonder if a true multiparty system will emerge. But Karoly Ravasz, spokesman for the | Independent Smallholders party, was convinced that the change was genuine. Said he: "We are now on the road of a pluralist society...