Word: speakered
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Graham, Engell, and Sacks comprise the three-member selection committee for the prestigious speaker series...
...committee deliberates to choose a speaker who “is an accomplished writer of a certain distinction whose work would be of interest to the community,” Sacks said. The two lectures, one in the fall and one in the spring, are usually given by a poet and a fiction writer...
...past two years, the lecture has been cancelled twice. Last year’s speaker for the spring lecture, 2003 Nobel laureate John M. Coetzee, cancelled due to personal reasons. Two years ago, the department withdrew an invitation to fall speaker Tom Paulin after the poet’s alleged anti-Israel comments caused controversy on campus...
...People who have been senior members of the previous regime cannot be entrusted to protect the population," Hussein al-Sharhistani, a deputy speaker of the parliament, told TIME. "I cannot see how they can serve in any senior position...
After being selected as a speaker each of the orators will be coached on pronunciation, pace, and memorization by members of the judging committee, said Tarrant...