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Record 1 1987-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims
OBS

White House Spokesman Larry Speakes ... articulated this fence-straddling last week when he told the New York Times, "I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.

Key term(s)
  • fence-straddling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons

Spanish

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