Word: spokesman
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...issues a ruling, which is expected this week. Lawyers for MPI, which has marketed videotaped speeches by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy and Winston Churchill, argued that the company's right to sell the Jackson tape is protected by the First Amendment. Said MPI Spokesman Jaffer Ali: "We're fighting for the rights of independent companies to put out news events...
...image, however distorted, apparently has wide appeal. Kazuhiro Nakajima, a spokesman for Yamato Mannequin, says his company began manufacturing black mannequins and arranged them in dancing poses after a study found that the design expressed "new sexiness, kawaii ((cuteness)) and fresh energy." Yamato made 100 of the figures before the Foreign Ministry called the firm's attention to a critical article about the mannequins in the Washington Post. The company stopped production. Sanrio Co., the manufacturer of a well-selling line of toys and gift items, followed suit. Its products included large-eyed dolls called Sambo and Hannah, and towels...
...Koop calls them "the best protection against AIDS infection right now, barring abstinence." Condom manufacturers have aimed aggressive advertising campaigns at women, emphasizing fear of infection rather than the usual male-oriented message about sexual pleasure. Until recently, women bought only a "small percentage" of condoms; now, an industry spokesman estimates, they represent some 40% of the $200 million U.S. market. "The 'C' word has come out of the closet," observes Barbara Lippert, a critic for Adweek magazine...
...statement released at the White House, presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said, "Terrorist tactics, such as used against Secretary Shultz and his motorcade in Bolivia today, are always repugnant...
...spokesman Philip Keif said he had been unable to confirm that the DOE had given any money to the K-School center other than a $25,000 grant in 1985 for natural gas research, but said "if they were turned down, it was not for political reasons...