Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before Buthelezi delivered his acceptance speech, about 10 students stood and shouted for him to "go away," said Narenda Nadwer, managing editor of the B.U. Daily Free Press...
Despite her little learning, Ellen is something of a student of the language. She ponders little oddities of British speech: "I wonder why everything always has to be nice, a nice cup of tea, a nice plate of bread and butter." Not surprisingly, the term brothel attracts her attention: "That is a terrible word and yet also a funny word, kind of domestic in a way, it always brings back my aunt saying when I was a kid living with her: Drink it all up now, that broth'll stick to your ribs." She looks at stale sayings with...
...fund raiser, keyed up about his speech, Joe Kennedy repeats his political mantra to himself: "Democracy, opportunity, America . . ." His navy gabardine campaign suit is shiny by now from overuse on the trail. "Democracy, opportunity, America . . ." At a luncheon for 250 elderly people, the tousled candidate gives his stump speech in a booming voice, chopping the air in disjointed fashion, stressing almost every word. His speeches feel like workouts. Then Kennedy bounds from the podium. No cheek goes unkissed...
...only time that they get to see Ronald Reagan use his mind, actually to hear a question, think about it, try to recall what it was that people suggested to him he say, or that he wants to say, and say it." Otherwise, in the President's prepared speeches, "when the red light goes on, no one can match him. He looks at that TelePrompTer; he reads that speech; he is, as he was trained for 45 years in Hollywood, a gangbusters performer...
...speech received close attention in Washington. Since World War II the U.S. has been the Pacific's paramount power, and since 1980 the Pacific Rim has superseded Western Europe as America's most important overseas trading partner. The Vladivostok speech showed that the Soviets intend to claim a share of Asia's economic success. Some analysts also heard an implied threat to U.S. military supremacy in the region. Says Rick Fisher of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington: "The Soviet goal in Asia is power...