Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...country is going through a tense and extremely difficult development," Krenz said in a speech to the Central Committee, which unanimously approved his proposal to dissolve the entire 21-member Politburo...
...first, the 30-minute Dinkins speech recalled the history of American slavery. "Tonight we forge a new link in that chain as [a Black man attains] the highest office of the greatest city in the world," he said...
With what some are calling the city's highest-ever turnout of Black voters, Mayor-elect David N. Dinkins accepted his win to the cheers of a uniquely diverse audience--racially and ethnically. Tailoring a speech to their likes proved difficult, however, as Dinkins struggled between the rhetoric of his grassroots following and the party establishment...
...laced his speech with references to traditional Democratic Party powerhouses, tying his ground-breaking campaign firmly to the Democratic establishment. He thanked New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 and current Mayor Edward I. Koch--three men he said helped greatly in the campaign...
...domestic morass. If so, he may be disappointed. The key ingredients for change in the Communist world are already well identified, the recipe lifted from a Western cookbook for democracy. Separate Party from State. Add opposition parties and free elections to State. Briskly mix in press, speech and travel freedoms. Top with rights to assemble, strike and form labor unions. Bake in oven turned to Free Enterprise setting. Then hope that the inevitable spillover of chaos -- including the inevitable hard economic times -- doesn't cause the Democracy Souffle to fall...