Word: spokesman
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...20th century: a Jasper Johns, a Lichtenstein, two Warhol pieces and Rauschenberg's The Small Red Painting, which purportedly went to billionaire publisher SI NEWHOUSE. "He has got rid of quite a few 20th century paintings and is starting to go into the Renaissance," says ALAN FELDMAN, Wynn's spokesman. In fact, he has added a Rembrandt, a Rubens and a Renoir. To those surprised by all this commerce, well, it is Vegas. "We're not a museum. We're a gallery," says Feldman. And a pretty high-rolling one at that...
TAIWAN: Daniel Huang was eased out of his position as spokesman for provincial governor James Soong last fall after a radio journalist accused him--on the air--of getting her pregnant, pressuring her to get an abortion and dumping her for another girlfriend--all while separated but not yet divorced from his wife...
...today. By the end of the decade, Big Blue had effectively set the two-digit date in stone. Every machine, every manual, every maintenance guy would tell you the year was 69, not 1969. "The general consensus was that this was the way you programmed," says an IBM spokesman. "We recognize the potential for lawsuits on this issue...
...with the business of my presidency," and gave the go-ahead for a special counsel...But there are questions about the special counsel. Who will be chosen? Reno's only answer was someone "ruggedly independent"... How broad or narrow will the probe be? Said Justice Department spokesman Carl Stern: "We are not going to tell the special counsel what to investigate. He or she is going to tell us." The difference could be crucial. An inquiry focused narrowly on Whitewater...might be concluded speedily but be open to charges of inadequacy. A broader investigation could turn into a fishing expedition...
...public offering earlier this month. Nowhere is Stern mentioned in a 183-page prospectus that is supposed to be the best source for valuing a newly traded stock. The bottom line is that Stern's continued success "is not a material issue" to the health of Infinity, says CBS spokesman Gil Schwartz. O.K. We all know that Stern's image is larger than his impact. Yet he's easily the company's most visible asset, and he's talking about retiring. And not one official will say what he's worth. Not at CBS, the parent. Not at Merrill Lynch...