Bare-knuckled battles of words are rare in a town where Government officials generally curse their political foes in closed-door meetings or off-the-record remarks to think tank audiences.

His lawyer adds that encouragement has come from many quarters, including judges in off-the-record remarks.

It's faster, more revealing, gives you a feel for the person you are talking to and the chance to encourage off-the-record remarks.

According to The Drudge Report, Mr. Kerry said to reporters in what he believed was an off-the-record remark, "Did the training wheels fall off?"

The reporters depend on the officials' off-the-record remarks in their bid for exclusives.

All this was totally unnecessary, since anybody who has ever covered Mr. Gore can tell you that his off-the-record remarks tend to be even more boring than the regular ones.

A plainclothes policeman, in an off-the-record remark to a newsman, said of the killings, "I just can't get very excited about a gang killing.

But the off-the-record remarks made by the Giants in regard to Sparks last week were harsh.

That off-the-record remark about our language was promptly leaked to this department.

In 1975, Mr. Kissinger called James Reston, a Times columnist, to protest the newspaper's plans to publish his off-the-record remarks about Nixon.