21.   But Broad is also something of a rarity in an age of handlers and spin doctors, consultants and retainers.

22.   But he did identify Mycobacterium leprae, and that is good enough cover for the spin doctors.

23.   But more and more, cyberspace has become a playground for spin doctors and snake-oil salesmen.

24.   But more and more, cyberspace has become a playground for spin doctors and snakeoil salesmen, requiring a new degree of Web-surfer skepticism.

25.   Corporate spin doctors can also use some polish.

26.   De Niro is a spin doctor who concocts a phony war, with a little help from Hollywood producer Hoffman.

27.   Diane Glasser, a delegate from Tamarac, Fla., insisted that the president presented a record not to be sullied by the alleged peccadilloes of a spin doctor.

28.   Dustin Hoffman plays a ridiculously rich film producer, and Robert De Niro is the White House spin doctor who hires him.

29.   Election-year frenzy is over, and the whispered counsel of spin doctors is useless when information is more important than opinion.

30.   Every spin doctor has acted with all the dignity and intelligence of Roger Clemens.