Word: retorted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That, said Ervin, was an attempt "to practice a deception on the general public as to the amount of honor that was paid to the Vice President." Agreeing, Stans replied: "I am not sure this is the first time that has happened in American politics." That led Ervin to retort solemnly: "You know, there has been murder and larceny in every generation, but that hasn't made murder meritorious or larceny legal...
...Nixon stomped off the political stage like an undisciplined child, fuming "You won't have Richard Nixon to kick around anymore." Ten years later, in the heat of the Watergate scandal exposed by the press, anyone might have predicted what turned out to be Nixon's snide retort: "We have had our differences in the past and I hope you give me hell everytime you think I'm wrong." Give him a teething ring or a dog biscuit to munch on (like an unprecedented landscape victory, and Nixon's a bundle of saccharine assisinity. But deprive of what he wants...
...Angry Retort. A few hectic hours later, the Quai d'Orsay dismissed the charge, insisting that Eban had failed to furnish "any document or any proof." The Israelis angrily retorted that Eban had given Hure "exact, precise, detailed and well-founded information," and awaited a formal reply. At week's end the French had yet to make any further comment...
...Meeting that demand would be costly to the companies: it could cause production delays, force the hiring of many more workers, or both. Malcolm Denise, Ford's chief negotiator, warns that if the U.A.W. is serious, it "could be on a collision course" with management. Woodcock's retort...
...sweep of the subpoenas brought a sharp retort from news executives. New York Times Publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger said: "The Times will take all legal steps to have the subpoena quashed." Officials of TIME declared that such a sweeping subpoena is "an invasion" of Fischer's rights under the First Amendment. They explained that "While Time Inc.'s policy does not demand resistance to every subpoena of a newsman, the crucial factor here is that there has been no showing whatsoever that the documents and information demanded of Mr. Fischer are necessary to the resolution of the case...