Word: statement
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TIGER WOODS, in a statement, responding to allegations that he had conducted an extramarital affair. The rumors were fueled by a mysterious one-car accident, supposedly triggered by a domestic spat, outside the golfer's Florida estate...
...student read a quote by Oren in which he compared the Goldstone report to the Holocaust. She then asked, “Why do you make such hyperbolic statements? Don’t you think it cheapens the memory of Jews killed?” Oren denied making the statement, which he wrote in an article for The New Republic. Many other questions and statements equally rattled Oren. Students showed that they are unwilling to stay silent when a uniformed spin doctor tries to rewrite recent history...
...Palmetto State's First Lady, announced on Dec. 11 that she was filing for divorce after 20 years of marriage. "This came after many unsuccessful efforts at reconciliation, yet I am still dedicated to keeping the process that lies ahead peaceful for our family," she said in a statement. The split doesn't come as a surprise: the former Lazard bigwig conspicuously declined to stand by her husband while he disclosed his dalliance, rebuked him several times during interviews and moved out of the governor's residence along with the couple's four children. It's a safe bet that...
...course I would have hoped for or would choose, I want to take full responsibility for the moral failure that led us to this tragic point. Jenny is a great person and has been a remarkable wife, mother and First Lady." - Mark Sanford, in a statement, reacting to his wife's decision to file for divorce...
During those same months, Qasab was allegedly attending a jihadi camp in Pakistani Kashmir, progressing from indoctrination and physical-fitness training to the handling of grenades and machine guns. It wasn't until September that Qasab was "selected for some confidential operations," according to his statement to Indian authorities. According to the same document, he and the others started a new round of training in swimming and navigation for an operation at sea, and on Sept. 15 they learned that their target was Mumbai. The 10 gunmen who arrived in Mumbai on Nov. 26 would land at the jetty...