Word: spokesman
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...impact on Tallahassee, Reed spokesman Patrick Riordan compared the establishment of the lab to the founding of the city in the early 19th century. The site was picked to serve as the capital of Florida in 1821 because it marked the halfway mark between the population centers of Pensacola and St. Augustine...
...note that since media outlets started reporting the names and hometowns of departing servicemen, there has been a dramatic and disturbing increase in pornographic calls to the wives and families left behind. "That's why we didn't want the names published in the first place," sighs a Pentagon spokesman...
...Sweden. In an interview early this year, BMW chairman Eberhard von Kuenheim accused Toyota of "dumping" Lexus in the U.S. market at below-market prices, and declared, "Europe is not willing to destroy its own industry" by giving Japan free access. Toyota calls that charge "groundless and meaningless," but spokesman Yoshiharu Tateishi says, "We are fully aware of the trade friction, and our approach will be modest and prudent...
...this year, up 1.6% from 1989. Both companies proclaim their readiness to take on the Japanese luxury cars, but their fear is showing. "The Lexus is not a Mercedes, but as a portent of what they are able to do, it is more worrying," says John Evans, a British spokesman for Mercedes. "You ignore the Japanese at your peril...
Airlines are understandably reluctant to discuss how the crisis has affected security arrangements. Typically, a Pan Am spokesman says only that security procedures at Pan Am have been "enhanced." At London's Heathrow Airport, travelers report that the beef-up can add 20 minutes to the already lengthy process of clearing security, while at New York City's Kennedy International Airport, extra police are on duty. At Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport, 80 armed security police have been added to regular details, and an Interior Ministry spokesman says that "we are being vigilant toward all sensitive flights and passengers...