Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Marius apologized for the error but said it did not interfere with the gist of his speech...
...speech to members of the Presidential Guard at the palace, Avril declared himself president and promoted himself to lieutenant general...
...these candidates ready to lead the nation? Not if one listens to the nightly stream of wisecracks from Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, David Letterman -- and the candidates themselves. Tongue-in-cheek self- deprecation has become a favorite rhetorical tactic. Dukakis initiated it at a Democratic luncheon before his acceptance speech in Atlanta, joking that his wife had fallen asleep while reading the text. Bush's own acceptance speech was peppered with such put-downs as "I'll try to be fair to the other side; I'll try to hold my charisma in check." The aim is both to lower...
...showing a bit of family to a hungry public? First, the hypocrisy. "Marilyn and our children, Tucker, Benjamin and Corinne, are my strength, my pride, my joy, my love. They are and always will be my total life," confided Dan Quayle to 50 million TV viewers in his convention speech. This from a man who was on the road so much during his two terms in the House that his wife said she often felt like a "single parent...
...victory speech, LoPresti told the crowd, "We are a people who believe in issues. We believe in what's good. We won't stand for smear, and we won't stand for dirty tactics...