Word: speaker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...should be anchored in the history we have," said Maria A. Berriozabal, Saturday evening's keynote speaker. "There's tremendous power in that," said Berriozabal, who is a founder of the National Hispana Leadership institute...
There is an agenda, but probably not the one the man suspected. As Gingrich crisscrosses the country selling Lessons Learned the Hard Way, a contrite new book about his tumultuous first three years as Speaker of the House, he is telling audiences and readers alike that he has metamorphosed from the tantrum-prone revolutionary of 1995 into a sober leader who has finally figured out how to run Congress. And by dropping into bookstores in New Hampshire last week and Iowa this week (both early-primary states), he is hinting strongly at a run for the White House. But what...
...next year to launch a long-shot campaign for President. He had said as much himself, sotto voce. And though few of his colleagues believed that the man with the lowest approval rating of any national politician in the U.S. could win the nomination, they assured themselves that the Speaker's real goal was to exit gracefully from the House, a place he was no longer wanted. Newt's plans were so well known that Dick Armey, the majority leader, and Bob Livingston, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, have been waging a bitter battle of succession since February...
...these open seats seem as attractive to potential candidates as tickets for a ride on the ill-fated great ship. In an article in the March 15 New York Times, Richard Berke documents the difficulties both parties are having attracting quality candidates. Despite personal pleas from the President and Speaker of the House and promises of money from Washington, Republicans and Democrats from across the country are choosing to pass up the chance to serve...
...biggest name does not, of course, mean the best speaker. Students should eagerly await hearing what Robinson has to say. Robinson was elected in 1990 as Ireland's first female head of state, and exercised progressive leadership in that country for seven years. She addressed controversial issues others had avoided--poverty, women's rights and racism. She is known as both an intellectual politician and an eloquent and engaging speaker. She even has an L.L.M.degree from Harvard. Interesting, important, inspirational--Robinson is indeed an excellent choice to address the graduating senior class...