Word: spokesman
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...shirts have popped up for sale. WMYI, a Greenville radio station, has been broadcasting a tongue-in-cheek musical tribute to the famous fugitive ("What would y'all do if I broke outa jail?"). Police are not amused. "I don't understand the logic," says Hugh Munn, a spokesman for the South Carolina law enforcement division. "He's not Davy Crockett...
...Justice Department denies any reluctance to investigate. Said spokesman Dan Eramian: "We believe there has been good cooperation between law- enforcement ((agencies)) in this investigation. We're often accused of dragging our feet, and part of that we believe is partisan in nature." Yet the evidence of a cover-up is mounting...
...U.S.A. announced that it has recalled 12,000 cases of its strained vegetable-and-ham baby food after the discovery of bits of rubber in several jars. The company said the recall began about three weeks ago but was not announced publicly because the little black specks were harmless. Spokesman Harry Carroll said the particles "may have come in with one of the ingredients" but did not alter the product's "food grade...
...policy has banned assassination attempts. The Pentagon repeated last week that "per Executive Order, we did not target the person of Saddam Hussein." The sites that U.S. forces did bomb -- bunkers, command posts, presidential palaces -- were "instruments of Iraq's military command authority," said a Defense Department spokesman...
Although business executives grumble about the costs of relabeling, many manufacturers are philosophical about the reform movement. "I don't think the whole industry would be going through these changes without pressure from consumers," says Bob Pusey, a spokesman for Calistoga Mineral Water. "This is not a fad. The thing we're all going to have to get used to is that the consumer has a right to know and wants to know what is in food." The producers' major concern: that the FDA's new rules be consistent and easy to implement. "Already we're hearing about a number...