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He was capable of white lies when he thought his mother's ghost would approve -- primarily to avoid hurting people or breaching confidences -- and whoppers if he had read them in conservative magazines, but, as both pre-brief and press conference showed, he was terrible at concealing what he knew to be true.
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The obfuscation began at a "pre-brief" (dress rehearsal) before Reagan's disastrous press conference of November 19, 1986.
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But in any case, they did their pre-brief, went out the quest airlock on the Space Station, and now some animation to tell you what they're going to do.
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That's as opposed to the pre-briefing session in which you, uh, pre-brief.
Archive 2005-09-01 2005
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That's as opposed to the pre-briefing session in which you, uh, pre-brief.
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No, actually, I guess this is during the pre-brief.
Background Briefing On The Presidents Bilateral Meeting ITY National Archives 2000
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We came here, as we said in the pre-brief, Sandy and I did, before we left, saying that our number one focus for the declaration would be to show a strong critical mass of support for launching a broad, new, world-wide trade round in Seattle this year.
Press Briefing By Administration Officials At Close Of Apec ITY National Archives 1999
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Q Mike, can you give us a pre-brief on the President's meeting with Hashimoto at the end of the week, the agenda and so forth?
Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry ITY National Archives 1997
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MR. MCCURRY: He will, but we'll have additional people available as well to pre-brief the summit.
Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry ITY National Archives 1997
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He didn't remember all of the pre-brief on the scenario being played out.
The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991
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