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...thought he was an impressive, incredible speaker who engaged his audience,” said Lindsay M. Burton ’07, a student in Afro-American Studies 10, “Introduction to African and African American Studies,” the course West used to teach...
...Sideways promotional tour, Payne looks a bit uncomfortable himself. His first response to the member of the audience—who has suggested the word “masochistic” to describe Payne’s style—is to supply the word he believes the speaker intended: “sadistic...
Heaney spoke of the connection that a poem read out loud forms between speaker and listener, calling it “the thing that passed between us.” Heaney especially emphasized the oral tradition of memorized “rote” verse, citing what Yeats called “entering the belly of the whale...
...Confucius, education levels and test scores dictated success. So Nike executives set themselves a potentially quixotic challenge: to change China's culture. Recalls Terry Rhoads, then director of sports marketing for Nike in China: "We thought, 'We won't get anything if they don't play sports.'" A Chinese speaker, Rhoads saw basketball as Nike's ticket. He donated equipment to Shanghai's high schools and paid them to open their basketball courts to the public after hours. He put together three-on-three tournaments and founded the city's first high school basketball league, the Nike League, which...
These divergent opinions were influenced by his style: Bush spoke simply, “not an intellectual, but a good speaker, just like today,” says Eckhart. Some believed that his straightforward style of talking masked a lot of intelligence...