Word: spokesman
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...side. For Boeing, the stakes could not be higher: Beijing is expected to spend $124 billion on new planes over the next 20 years, making it the world's fastest-growing airline market. "When the U.S.-China relationship goes in the tank, so do our order books," says Boeing spokesman Thomas Tripp...
...tour by members of Congress. Last week a group of prominent conservatives met with Gingrich to insist that he highlight human rights in his discussions with Chinese officials. Gore leaves next week on his long-scheduled China trip. At a press briefing in Beijing last week, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Cui Tiankai had to spend much of his time fending off questions about the campaign-finance scandals. Said he: "There have been rumors in the American press that China did this or that, but eventually this will all prove to be untrue." Then Cui added, "We'd like to have...
Scott's proposals for what is known as donor servicing, which she explicitly characterized as an effort to build a base for the 1996 campaign, were so outrageous that the White House did not bother to try to defend them. Presidential spokesman Michael McCurry showed his disdain from the briefing room podium, where he described Scott as "quite voluble" and added, "I think Marsha Scott may have had many dreams, but the important thing is what happened...
...called on the Enquirer and other tabloids to withdraw their rewards, saying "My husband and I do not want their money to be associated with our son." Even after the arrest, the family expressed displeasure with the paper. "They were very happy to get the information," says Cosby family spokesman David Brokaw, "but they had real reservations and regrets that the way it was found was through the Enquirer." Still the paper contends Markhasev's arrest is the ultimate vindication of its controversial approach to information gathering. Says Enquirer executive editor David Perel: "Money can be a very valuable...
...pressured by military investigators, may have claimed rape to escape punishment for consensual sex. Whatever the resolution of those new claims, the Arm y has its hands full fending off new accusations by the NAACP that it has unfairly targeted black soldiers in the rape allegations. Said Army spokesman John Yaquiant: "All we want is the truth. It does us no good to have allegations that will not hol d up." He added that at least four soldiers face court-martial and dozens have been suspended for rape allegations...