Word: speech
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...what the figures in them symbolized because he didn't know - that he was not so much their author as their midwife, and that to explain the process, to himself or others, would rob him of the freedom of encountering them and putting them on paper. In his Nobel speech, which tried to explain his method of evasion, Pinter said, "It's a strange moment, the moment of creating characters who up to that moment have had no existence. What follows is fitful, uncertain, even hallucinatory, although sometimes it can be an unstoppable avalanche. The author's position...
...frequently defending him during the Watergate scandal. According to a long-time Blagojevich friend, the future governor often found inspiration in Nixon's "me against the world" sensibility. Blagojevich particularly loved the fact that Nixon bounced back after the "you won't have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore" speech after losing the race for California governor...
...Believe me," says the governor's friend, "Rod is repeating that speech to himself these days." With reporting by Ryan Blitstein/Chicago
...America where I grew up is vanishing today, left behind by a Washington, D.C., that has lost touch with what is important to the people of the heartland. I fear that rural Colorado, like the rest of rural America, has become 'the Forgotten America.'" -In his first speech to the Senate, March...
Though many of the demonstrators on Thursday said they oppose violent tactics, they continue to focus on what they call unwarranted police response to their protests. Lila, a 24-year-old speech therapist, says she would never hurl rocks at police, but says the authorities should not be occupying the streets. "Each individual is able to protect themselves," she said. She said the protests are not "just for the boy," but express the anger at the financial crisis and political corruption, and "will not end until the government falls." Lazaros Apekis, president of the Hellenic Federation of University Teachers, said...