Mr. MacLeish gave reporters only about 30 pages of the documents today, saying he needed time to go through the rest.

"No comment" and "nobody's business" were the answers he gave reporters asking about the problem.

The next week he gave his comment about not minding reporters, just female reporters: "They're all trying to prove their manhood."

Hohn, who asked for a police escort after the game, tried to give reporters what he supposedly failed to give the game's managers.

Most journal articles have embargoes attached, giving reporters several days to call specialists in the field, check footnotes on an article and scrutinize the results.

Bremmer was writing in a long, thin spiral notebook, the kind that always gave reporters away.

She was one of the most prominent "sob sisters", a label given female reporters who wrote human interest stories.

Well," he added philosophically, "maybe you can tell me what he's going to give the 'pape reporters by way of an explanation.

He gave reporters an "I love you" sign, but did not respond to any questions.

Then you had to give it to the ---- reporters!