Word: spokesman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...eight months of the trial. Nor did that case have a noticeable effect on the Akita dog business. The people at Hertz tell me their Simpson connection has not altered normal growth in profits and revenues one way or the other. Orange juice has enjoyed record sales, but a spokesman for the industry doubts the ex-defendant can take any credit...
...leaking to allies his latest presidential ambitions, the Speaker sought to make it appear that what worries him is a presidential run by Colin Powell, since the general is an avowed moderate who might threaten the Speaker's agenda. Of Powell's candidacy, Gingrich spokesman Tony Blankley says, "As long as the Speaker is reasonably assured that whoever the standard bearer is going to be is willing and able to carry the message of the revolution through the campaign, then he is very happy being Speaker...
With the A.M.A. firmly at his side, Gingrich trained his guns on Clinton, threatening to send the President completed legislation in November and then immediately adjourn to prevent Congress from "receiving" Clinton's inevitable vetoes. That drew a quick retort from the White House, where spokesman Michael McCurry said Clinton would respond to such a move by invoking the constitutional clause that enables the President to force Congress into session. Gingrich next suggested that Clinton wouldn't dare veto a balanced budget because he needed it to be re-elected, prompting Clinton to declare that he would rather face defeat...
...held Bosnia, Serbs forced thousands of Muslims from their homes, separating men ages 16 to 60 from their families and sending them to their possible death. As in the past, Zeljko Raznatovic, a commander who is known as Arkan, undertook much of the brutality. According to Kris Janowski, a spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Arkan and his men were brought to the region because they were not part of the communities. "The local Serbs often develop quite a friendly relationship with their neighbors," Janowski said. "Bringing in people like Arkan and his thugs essentially ensures a quick...
Christopher announced today that the Bosnia peace talks will be held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, starting on October 31. TIME's Douglas Waller reports that the State Department sought a large facility that has roughly equal houses for each president -- where, as State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns put it, "they don't have to bump into each every morning over orange juice. They're all presidents and they don't like each other. If you put Milosevic in a building that's nicer than Tudjman's, there are going to be problems at the very...