Word: statements
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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TIME reported that "Commerce Secretary Juanita Kreps blasted [President] Carter's handling of the Bert Lance affair" [May 15]. This statement is not true, and I would appreciate your setting the record straight...
...tried to be philosophical about the polls-"They go up and down, as you know"-and practical about their import. On the advice of his White House political aides, he made a campaign-style trip to Illinois and West Virginia, where he attacked what he called, in one prepared statement, the "iron triangle of bureaucracy, congressional committees and well-organized special interests that can mobilize strong opposition to the reforms we need...
...Friday, Giscard announced in a television interview that French paratroopers had attacked Kolwezi in two waves. "It was necessary," he said, "to carry out the operation as quickly and quietly as possible." Giscard's statement caused something of a stir both at home and abroad. Socialist Party Leader François Mitterrand, speaking before the National Assembly in Paris, said that "it's absolutely impossible to have this kind of operation going on without the Assembly knowing about it." He also charged that the legionnaires' intervention was not justified by France's cooperation agreements with...
...doubly cheered when, five years later at 29, the willful Meg finally made it to the altar, this time with Antony Armstrong-Jones, the arty son of a Welsh barrister and a promising photographer. But alas, even among royalty, ideas about divorce and duty can change. In a terse statement that took their country by surprise, Margaret, now 47, and Lord Snowdon, 48, last week announced that their 18-year marriage "should be formally ended...
...past two years, the Pallottine case has rocked the world of charity fund raising. Only a relative pittance of Carcich's proceeds-in one period as little as 2.5%-ever got to the missionaries and starving waifs shown in the brochures. A statement last week, agreed upon by both sides, reports that, among other things, Carcich diverted at least $102,000 from his 20 secret bank accounts to friends, relatives and fellow Pallottines. Nonetheless, according to the lawyers' memo, the Superior General of the order in Rome says Carcich is "a good man and a good priest." Carcich...