Word: spokesman
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...added, "I think that the kind of things we propose are likely to have lasting and tangible impact." Although Clinton's aides have made much of the idea that they are supporting democratic reform rather than Yeltsin per se, after the two Presidents had their first working session, spokesman George Stephanopoulos reported that his boss admired Yeltsin as a "true democrat" and "a fighter who is not deterred by long odds...
...Pennsylvania Blue Shield spokesman, explaining howe the company, which pays medical claims for smoking-related illnesses, justified buying $10 million worth of securities in Philip Morris. That was before the stock plunged on Friday...
...trying to address his complaints. But its tolerance of Perot's opinions is wearing thin. Last week George Stephanopoulos, Clinton's communication's director, called Perot "a good sound-biter" who lacks a cohesive program of his own. For now at least, Perot has assumed the role of opposition spokesman, in part because the Republicans were so slow to respond effectively to Clinton's program. The result, says Frank Luntz, the Republican pollster who worked for Perot last spring, is that he "has both parties scared because he maintains the ability to shake things...
...attorney general is investigating whether the tax- free, not-for-profit foundation's spending was "excessive or imprudent." A report in the current Chronicle of Philanthropy notes that the Freedom Forum awarded $20 million in grants last year while spending $34 million on administrative costs. Said a Freedom Forum spokesman: "There have been no excessive expenditures...
...reform without explicitly endorsing his particular moves. "President Yeltsin has proposed to break a political impasse by taking it to the people. That is appropriate in democracies," said Stephanopoulos. Was Yeltsin meanwhile operating outside the Russian constitution? "That is for the Russian people to decide," said Clinton's spokesman. Clinton followed up by sending Yeltsin a personal message of support, and he made clear that he still intended to hold his summit meeting with Yeltsin in Vancouver, British Columbia, as scheduled on April...