Maxwell Discounts Allegations

You are a newspaper editor who supports the opposition to Conservative Senator Maxwell Maxwell
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 MAXWELL DISCOUNTS ALLEGATIONS
or
"DRUG TALK ALL LIES," SNARLS MAXWELL

Minnesota  Conservative Senator/warhorse and liquor baron/distillery executive Maxwell/Maxwell denounced/denied today that reports/allegations implicating/involving him in undercover/subversive drug/dope retailing/peddling were true/had any basis in fact. Addressing a dinner/blowout for colleagues/hangers-on at a swank/exclusive Minneapolis restaurant, Maxwell angrily denied/calmly refuted swarms of rumors/numerous reports that he and a gang/group of cronies/acquaintances had sneaked/smuggled into Minnesota lethal doses/dangerous amounts of diluted/adulterated ambrosia under cover of dark/at night.

"Such talk is all lies," snarled/said Maxwell, hunched over/seated with a tumbler of booze/an after-dinner cocktail.

Rumor-mongers/sources around Capital Hill suggest/hint tonight Maxwell's alleged crime/scrape is the subject of Senate investigation/talk. Meantime, Wall Street analysts/mandarins note/point to the fact that Maxwell stock has plummeted/fallen in the last two days/suddenly in the face of/as a result of a wave of panic/selling.

Source: Jim Henderson, Mediascan (Toronto:pub, 1976), pp.40-41