Word: impromptu
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...help in the new country's development. He chatted with one of Britain's top emissaries, Lord Privy Seal Richard A. ("Rab") Butler, talked about the forthcoming Ike-Macmillan conference in Bermuda, complimented Britain on her long, mutually profitable role in Ghana. Next day he held an impromptu talk with an American he never had met, Montgomery, Ala.'s bus-boycott leader, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King (TIME, Feb. 18), invited King to confer with him in Washington...
...final four debate rounds will be held in the Lamont Forum Room at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. this morning and at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. this afternoon. They will be followed by the impromptu semi-finals...
...winning debate team will receive the John Quincy Adams Debate Trophy in award ceremonies at 8 p.m. tonight. Awards will also be presented to the best impromptu speaker, and to the two highest-scoring debaters and the second place debate team...
...impromptu speaking contest is included in tournament activities. Speakers are given five minutes to prepare speeches on an assigned topic of current interest...
...said for the old book-learned techniques after all. At 7, one morning, Bangkok Radio suddenly announced that the Premier had proclaimed a nationwide "state of emergency," banning political meetings of more than five people. Then, as Thai air force Sabre Jets screamed over the city, the impromptu news broadcast gave way to the stirring strains of Marching Through Georgia...