Word: statement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hours of thoughtful, carefully prepared public testimony on American foreign policy before the House committee, Vance stressed to the Representatives that he was speaking "for the President." The White House also let it be known that Vance's ten-page prepared statement had not only been cleared by Carter but also had been read by Brzezinski...
Israel, Javits added, must "come forward with a more precise statement of its views as to the permanent status of the West Bank and Gaza." Otherwise, he said, the U.S. might be driven to try to impose its own peace plan on the Israelis and Arabs alike...
...federal tax returns for 1973, 1975 and 1976 showed that they owed $168.03 in back taxes for 1975 but were due a refund of $8,971.50 on the taxes they paid for 1973. Next day, the White House made public the Carters' tax return for 1977 and a statement of their current net worth. Highlights...
...Sugar Blue's magnificent harp gives way to Jagger's ironic and at times obscene catalogue of women. His stance is that of a complete misogynist defending his case. In an interview with Jonathan Cott in Rolling Stone, Jagger insisted that "Some Girls" is a joke and not a statement of anti-feminism. It's hard to read anything else but anti-feminism into a line like, "some girls take the shirt off my back and leave me with a lethal dose," but it's also hard to hear anything but a joke when he sings, "French girls they want...
APPROPRIATELY, JAGGER'S MOST honest statement is preceded by one of the rare songs in which Keith Richard steps out to sing, and it too is a particularly moving number in light of Richard's imminent departure from the group to serve time after his Toronto heroin trial. "Before They Make Me Run" is his farewell to the world of "booze and pills and parties where you choose your medicine." His voice is nasal and far away yet it rings true when he sings, "I want to find my way to heaven, 'cause I did my time in hell." Whether...