Word: statement
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Moscow responded with even more vitriol. In a statement to Pravda, Soviet Communist Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev accused Washington of launching "a shameless anti-Soviet campaign," being "outright hypocritical" and telling "mountains of lies" about the Soviet action in Afghanistan. Said the Kremlin's aging chief: "The impression is increasingly forming in the world of the U.S. as an absolutely unreliable partner in interstate ties, as a state whose leadership, prompted by some whim, caprice or emotional outbursts ... is capable at any moment of violating its international obligations...
Thousands of Americans each day call Dial-A-Prayer in cities across the country for messages of spiritual uplift. Now, in Chicago, the other side is having its say. By dialing (312) 597-2433, hundreds of people every day last week heard this statement: "Atheism is a life philosophy which accepts the fact that there are no supernatural forces or entities. There are no gods, devils, angels, souls, heavens or hells...
...also says, "SAVAK would sometimes dismember children of suspected political dissenters to gain confessions. They held some of the children aloft and proudly exhibited their own scars and stumps." This is an outrageous statement. Did he ever witness this extraordinary process? Even though he may have been exposed to certain scars and stumps on certain children, these could be the results of other unrelated incidents...
...write a column on Gordie Howe, since his career--which spans five decades--renders any statement ineloquent? It is reassuring that as America grays, Gordie still laces on the blades. As long as there are Gordie Howes, sports fans will applaud the Youngbloods and boo the Tatums, regardless of talent...
Kung scrapped his scheduled lecture on the Apostles' Creed and instead read a long statement titled "Why I Remain a Catholic," and answered questions. He emphasized again his rejection of the doctrinal infallibility of the Pope and the bishops. "I have no intention of giving up my duties as a priest and theologian, or of leaving the church," he stated. "To teach absolute obedience to the leader is a disservice to the younger generation...