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Those qualities blossomed during World War II, when the Queen revealed a doughty spirit. Eager to set an example for her subjects, she visited hospitals and slums and delivered broadcasts in fluent French to the women of occupied France. The Queen recognized that war would prove to be a great democratic leveler. "I'm glad we have been bombed," she said in 1940, after Buckingham Palace weathered the first in a series of air attacks. "It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face." Hitler was to have said, "She is the most dangerous woman...
Perhaps it is a lack of confidence that accounts for the excessive hesitations and interspersions that mar otherwise fluent speech. While many students are exceptionally gifted at expressing themselves in writing and have the ability to think of convincing arguments, they stumble when it comes to verbalizing them. Understandably, it can be daunting to speak out in section. After embarking with what seems to be a good point, blank incomprehension or condescension on the faces of classmates can lead to rambling diversions and oral absurdities...
Gill said he thought the staff’s inability to speak fluent English hampered customer service...
...brings the same approach to his extracurriculars. Born in Hong Kong and fluent in Cantonese, he is the director of the Chinatown Teen Program and a counselor for the Chinatown Computing Program. As co-president of the Chinese Students Association last year, Tam organized numerous banquets and parties. He says a highlight of this job was getting to do lots of karaoke...
...flying or driving fast or giving executives around him the straight talk. That's one reason he never became CEO of Ford or Chrysler--and why in 1999, despite his crucial role there, he was eased out by chairman Robert Eaton, who seemed nervous about letting Lutz (fluent in German and Italian) get too friendly with the new owners from Daimler-Benz...