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If so, he'd better hire Jimmy Smits to present it, because the camera is not his friend, retorts Taylor.
Bill Kristol ( This Week ), who's been dressed for combat for months, retorts that if the White House wants to hand the reins of U.S. foreign policy to Annan, then we ought to anoint him secretary of state.
When Walters suggests that White House aides were right to keep Lewinsky away from Clinton, Lewinsky defiantly retorts, "I don't think so.
"Well, I don't think it's difficult," retorts Simon.
Regarding a letter from your column about a young woman's boyfriend being afraid her "pedigree" isn't good enough for his mother, I have some suggestions for retorts, should the occasion arise.