Word: speaking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...women of Waukesha. the President of the United States has been insulted by a previous speaker on this program in a reprehensible and personal way; and while I may differ with Democratic policy, I will not stand for that kind of attack. I therefore refuse to speak upon this platform and I will return to Waukesha at a later date...
...silk stockings. Previously she had been a chanteuse in French cafés, had made French shorts. While in The Ace, she used to fly to Paris every week-end to see the races at Longchamps. Her first Hollywood contract contained a clause making it compulsory for her to speak perfect English in 100 days. Before the time expired, studio officials made her stop using slang, which she learned from Maurice Chevalier. Ignoring the current vogue for inaccessibility in imported film players, Ketti Gallian appeared at parties all dressed up, gave interviews with zest. She managed to keep her weight...
...several years ago when Frederic W. Ilfeld '28, came to him as a Freshman and "could not even tell him his name." It was soon brought out that Ilfeld never stuttered when he was alone, so starting from there he practiced hard every day alone, then gradually began to speak in larger and larger groups, took a public speaking course, and received an "A," and finally became a lecturer at the Medical School. This was the result of three years of daily practice, however, showing that although possible, to task is by no means easy...
...Psychology experts have also developed two very interesting means of curing this disability, the first consisting in throwing the sufferer into a post-hypnotic trance and then impressing upon his subconscious mind the correct way to speak. Another method developed is to take the subconscious mind of the stammerer off his trouble by pricking him in the hand with a pin every time he falters...
...rostrum the House of Deputies broke two precedents. It burst into tumultuous applause, and its president, ZeBarney Thome Phillips, chaplain of the U. S. Senate, announced that Dr. Beale might resume his speech when he felt able, despite a parliamentary rule to the effect that no delegate can speak twice on the same subject. But Dr. Beale spoke no more, explaining later that he had suffered "constriction of the throat." Said he: "I am deeply humiliated that long continued sleeplessness and overwork made me physically unable to continue my speech." For all their respect for Dr. Beale, most...