Word: spokesman
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...schedule now seems far too leisurely. Last week's grim news spurred new public warnings and calls for faster action. In Denmark an Environment Ministry spokesman went on television to urge fellow Danes not to panic -- but to use hats and sunscreen. German Environment Minister Klaus Topfer called on & other countries to match Germany's pledge to stop CFC production by 1995. Greenpeace activists in Britain met with Prime Minister John Major and implored him to halt the manufacture of all CFCs immediately...
...Administration was petitioning the federal courts for permission to forcibly repatriate most of the boat people, who are currently residing in tents, ships and a huge aircraft hangar at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Supreme Court gave its assent Friday night. A State Department spokesman said the government "will begin immediately repatriating Haitians...
...more than 20% and costing the government an estimated $26.5 billion. Israel's Finance Ministry predicts that U.S. failure to deliver on the guarantees would drive up unemployment from 11% to 16.2%. Ideologue though Shamir may be, he is a pragmatist who knows when he must deal. Says his spokesman Ehud Gol: "We are asking, after all, and they are giving...
...sternly ruled island republic. The government has banned the manufacture, sale and importation of chewing gum. Mere possession of the stuff is not illegal yet, but offending sellers face fines of up to $1,200 and importers could get a year in jail. Gum, explains a government spokesman, "causes filthiness to our public facilities...
...votes were cast mostly by Arab and Muslim states plus the communist countries of Cuba, North Korea and Vietnam. An Arab spokesman argued that repeal would only "whet the appetite of Israeli extremists' creeping annexation," and Saudi Arabia's U.N. Ambassador, Samir Shihabi, boycotted the session. Biggest winner: the U.N., freed of an albatross...