Word: speaker
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There will be only two speakers on a side. The rebuttal will be made by the first speaker on the affirmative; the others will speak only once...
...Reverend H. F. Sawbridge M.C., full time padre of the "Toc H", will be the main speaker at a meeting to be held next Monday evening at 8 o'clock in Peabody Hall under the suspices of the Phillips Brooks House...
...have a more than passing acquaintance, both with public speaking in general and with Hoover's public speaking in particular, and, although it is true that the Secretary of Commerce is no spellbinder, no dealer in mellifluous mouthing, he is nonetheless a straightforward, direct, matter-of-fact speaker, who never talks unless he has something to say and who, when he has, says it in language that no one can fail to understand. His delivery and voice have both improved in recent years and still leave much to be desired. They are certainly far from being so poor, however...
...about the possibilities for compromise. He himself says little, letting the White House atmosphere and a few wry questions stimulate the mental activity of the lieutenants. Then, as the lieutenants plan and discuss, President Coolidge draws negative lines here and there. After last week's Flood Control conference, Speaker Longworth, Floorleader Tilson and Representatives Snell (New York), Madden (Illinois) and Kopp (Iowa) emerged from the White House talking about compromises which President Coolidge would be able to approve. The effect of the compromises would be, it was said, to keep the $325,000,000 expenditure "estimated" in the Senate...
...Small or Thompson. She had headquarters of her own in Chicago, full of fresh air, flowers, candy and lady friends. Her daughter, Katrina, helped answer the telephone. Her friend Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the "Princess Alice" of Rooseveltian days at the White House and now the wife of the Speaker of the House, helped add up returns and receive callers and made the victory photographs just twice as distinguished...