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Word: oratorical (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Randall Terry, the pro-lifers' flamboyant orator, 29 and impulsive, wants to start moving the caravan before further layers of obstruction can be brought into place. He says enough men can just lift the few blockading cars out of the way. But Jeff White, two years Terry's senior and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Operation Rescue: Save The Babies | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

Michael S. Duakkis is not a stirring orator. He is not a charismatic leader. He is not liberalism's shining Knight. But he is right on the issues. He would make America both kinder and gentler, more equitable and more just, more secure at home and more respected abroad. We...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis for President | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

Coaches: Maxie Baughan is a cult hero in Ithaca. N.Y. Baughan, an eloquent pigskin orator, was a defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions before taking the Cornell helm in 1983. The closest he came to winning an Ivy title was in 1986, when his squad lost to Penn in the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Scouting Report | 10/8/1988 | See Source »

There have been many people in the country who have not accepted until now the proposition that blacks have a legitimate role within the councils of government. I think what Jesse has done in his extraordinary campaign is to let moderate and even many conservative Democrats see that the issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats Jesse Has No Equals | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

As an orator, Jackson is eloquent, funny and provocative. Hearing Jackson speak is not a passive experience but an active interplay between candidate and voter, the kind of two-way dialogue that has all but disappeared from political life. He virtually grabs his listeners by the hand and drags them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Jesse Seriously | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

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