Word: statement
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...Hell Starting after the election and continuing into spring, pollster Frank Luntz conducted a survey of some 6,400 Americans, and the first question was whether they agreed with this statement: "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore." Nearly 3 out of 4 - 72% - said...
...bill, stated that it didn't believe the co-ops as proposed by Baucus would attract many members. Liberals see the plan as letting insurers off the hook. "Senator Baucus' health-care bill released today is like a dream come true for the insurance industry," screamed a statement by Justin Ruben, executive director of the progressive group MoveOn.org...
...that Commissioner Ali was totally on top of everything," Alston says. "Nothing happened that he wasn't aware of, and he was criticized in fact for micromanaging." An official expression of skepticism about the motivation behind Ali's firing came from the U.S. embassy, which said in a statement that the move was a "potential" first step on the path toward reform. (Read "In Africa, Can Clinton Be Obama's Surrogate...
...Kenyan officials denied that Ali's move to the post office was anything but routine - "These are normal changes," said government spokesman Alfred Mutua. But Kibaki himself contradicted his spokesman in a statement released by his office on Wednesday, Sept. 15, when Iteere was sworn in: "President Kibaki expressed optimism that [the public] will support the new Commissioner of Police and the ongoing reforms in order to ensure that the police force is more efficient in addressing the country's security challenges...
...That statement reflects what rights activists and regular Kenyans feel is the fundamental problem with the government's attitude toward reform: aside from vague promises of change, no one seems to have acknowledged that several investigations - domestic and foreign - have found strong evidence that the police in Kenya are a law unto themselves, taking hostages, collecting bribes and killing with little fear of punishment. (Read "Kenya: Protesting Politics As Usual...