Word: spokesman
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Turks often refer to their country as the devlet baba, or father state. Says Minister of State Sukru Sina Gurel, the government's spokesman: "According to the age-old tradition, the individual belonged to the state and could expect good and evil from it." In the quake zone, people learned that they could expect nothing when, after 48 hrs., no organized authority had come to their aid. In many instances, rescue teams from overseas arrived on the scene first. A collapse of communications was part of the problem--Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit wasn't awakened from his slumber in Ankara...
...Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C., canceled the Charlotte Film and Video Festival, which featured gay and lesbian films and had long been a target of local conservatives. A spokesman said it was deemed too much trouble for an artistic endeavor it didn't view as "essential...
...distribute indie films. Starting this week, people will be able to buy a videocassette of The Definite Maybe from Amazon for $14.95. "With movies, it used to be either you made it big or you ended up just showing it to your friends," says Paul Capelli, an Amazon spokesman. "This is a whole new avenue for filmmakers...
...will begin the task in Pristina. In particular, he is hoping he can get the Kosovo Liberation Army to cooperate with the U.N. That may be tough. K.L.A. insiders say Holbrooke's word doesn't mean as much as that of State Department spokesman James Rubin, who helped broker the deal that gave the K.L.A. a political boost. U.S. intelligence officials in Pristina are openly questioning the wisdom of cooperating with the K.L.A., which so far has delivered little more than revenge killings, rapes and headaches...
Mays is an articulate spokesman for a new generation of industrial artists who aim to bring us what we want rather than products that are prisoners of the engineering and manufacturing departments. "Cars have become appliances instead of something you lust after," complains Mays. "We've been designing from the inside out--hawking sheet metal to consumers instead of considering their wants and aspirations and desires, and now they're looking for someone to help them...