The IRA statement yesterday frankly defies any description. It was an extraordinary thing to say.

His swing defies description,

It was a description, frankly, of Rocky Rococo.

The decommissioning by the IRA is a critical first step in fulfilling the terms of their July 28 statement to pursue its goals through exclusively peaceful and democratic means,

Frankly I'm not holding my breath for any confessional statement from Saddam Hussein,

U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee said yesterday that, contrary to a statement from a campaign aide, he would refuse to vote for confirmation of any Supreme Court nominee who will not pledge to uphold the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision.