Mr. Bloomberg's comments prompted criticism from Irish-American leaders, touching off a round of angry statements, clarifications and apologies.
What begun with statements, revised statements, "clarifications", the full release of tax returns and a £200,000 gift from mummy splashed all over the Sunday papers, ended with a masterful Parliamentary performer making the fuss seem unjustified, the clamour a witch hunt.
On Monday, the association issued a statement of clarification, saying it recognizes "the crucial place of the scientific method in much anthropological research".
It's the worst possible medium 4 discussing these issues,I don't want 2 cause [or suffer] further offence I'll issue a fuller statement of clarification and apology later.
This supposed ban was met with outrage, until the next day when the BBC issued a statement of clarification; It turns out depictions of the prophet are permitted, they just haven't updated their guidelines yet.
The official PSNI statement needed clarification, and there was no time to waste in giving it.
The Vatican has issued a statement of clarification about what happened yesterday.
Despite repeated attempts for a statement and clarification from Mexican authorities as to which organization has jurisdiction of the Tijuana Canal and why they conduct the raids, no officials with the Mexican government would comment for this story.
In addition, the opportunity to observe students on DAFNE and then conduct follow-up interviews meant that a rapport was built up over time, and it was possible to return to previous stories and statements for clarification or expansion if necessary.
Mr. Adhami's withdrawal comes days after a flurry of statements and clarifications from Park51 and Mr. Abdul Rauf.
Both McDonald's and Coca-Cola insisted they had always intended to waive their rights to a tax break and Wednesday's statements were clarifications rather than reactions.
