Word: spokeswoman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...knew personally, investigators tracked down and arrested six men. They included Unification Church Associates Sang Whi Nam and Yung Soo Suh. An attorney for Nam said that the abduction arose out of an internal church dispute and was an attempt to change Unification Church policy. Joy Garrett, a church spokeswoman, said that Nam's claim was "absolutely false," adding, "As far as we are concerned, this is not a church matter...
...after the historic transplant operation at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Southern California, the first infant?though not the first person?to receive a simian heart was reported to be doing remarkably well. "All vital signs are still good, and there's no sign of rejection," said Hospital Spokeswoman Patti Gentry, noting that Baby Fae was "just gulping down her formula." Outside the hospital, there was wonder and excitement over this latest medical marvel, but the enthusiasm was dampened somewhat by controversy. Antivivisectionists around the country and abroad protested what they called "ghoulish tinkering" with human and animal life...
...issue featured an eight-page spread detailing the triangular affair of Princess, Delon and her longtime boyfriend Paul Belmondo, 21, son of the actor Jean-Paul. The palace went to court, claiming an invasion of privacy, but a French judge refused to stop publication. Huffed Nadia Lacoste, spokeswoman for the Grimaldis: "I don't think anyone tracks gangsters the way they go after the family." Paris Match returned the fire: "If one wants to be private," says Deputy Editor Patrick Mahé", "one doesn't go to a swimming pool on the beach at Monte Carlo...
...rest of the week had its small ups and downs, but her public triumph sustained her. When Press Secretary Pat Bario was fired, the candidate was magnanimous. "I love her," she said of her ex-spokeswoman. "She's terrific. Evidently there was a little chemistry that didn't work." Ferraro's main campaign event, a speech to 3,000 members of the American Federation of Teachers in Washington, was a cinch to be successful. She is a former teacher and AFT member. "Normally I begin a speech by saying I'm delighted to be here. After this week," she told...
Hundreds of West Germans called in to protest the coverage of the Normandy celebrations. Said a spokeswoman for one TV network: "Many ofthe callers were abusive, and most of them were male, many former soldiers. The callers said we should forget all about this talk of European unity when the victors get together among themselves to celebrate...