Word: spokesman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...This incident is very unpleasant," said Sergei A. Gorbunov, spokesman for the Russian Space Agency. "Our competitors from the United States, China and France will no doubt use this opportunity to discredit our space program and lure away our customers." The wandering satellite is not considered a threat to re-enter the atmosphere and cause any damage on Earth--that is, beyond the black eye it has already given the Russians...
...Earlier this year, Dow Jones launched WBIS+ in New York City with ITT. But ITT forced a sale of the station after that company became the target of a hostile takeover by Hilton Hotels. "Our New York television adventure can only be described as a detour," says Dow Jones spokesman Richard Tofel. "It didn't get us to where we were going." But with its large shareholders showing signs of unrest, wherever the company is going, it had better get there fast...
...likely to renegotiate a tougher deal with the studio for the next Bond installment. Most A-list actors refuse to do commercials for product tie-ins, but when Brosnan signed on as Bond three years ago, he didn't have the clout to make such demands. According to his spokesman, Dick Guttman, "[Brosnan] has a classical actor's training from London, and there's not a class in endorsements or implied endorsements." Perhaps there ought to be, or maybe Brosnan should take some lessons from his fellow thespians...
...When people are spending three or four hours on the Internet, clearly it is not good for productivity at work, and the same thing is true at home," said Reuters spokesman Paul Waddington. One solution: Turn your modem off right now, in the middle of this sentence, and go for a long walk in the park. Well, it was just a suggestion...
...Pentagon was unavailable for comment on the question of child soldiers ? a practice that is estimated to involve 250,000 children worldwide. On land mines, however, State Department spokesman James P. Rubin stepped up to the plate, insisting that the U.S. spends more money and effort than all other nations combined on finding and destroying mines, and calling America "a beacon for human rights." Jeffersonian rhetoric aside, by abstaining from yesterday's treaty Washington is finding its claim to global leadership on human rights increasingly under fire...