Word: speech
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...Nearly all of the 25,000-strong Or Ror Bor operating in the three provinces are Buddhist, and their corps was inspired by no less an authority than the Queen of Thailand. In late 2004, after three Buddhists were brutally beheaded by militants, Queen Sirikit gave an impassioned speech advising the military to teach villagers how to defend themselves with firearms. Facing the cameras, she announced that even she "would learn to shoot guns without my glasses...
...simply have had to look up. Michelangelo’s altar fresco “The Last Judgment,” a fundamental background work in any study of western art history, loomed over Saturday’s proceedings as the literal backdrop for Benedict’s welcoming speech. Yet during the heady days of mid-17th century Italy, around the same time that Galileo had his feet held to the fire for his dangerously newfangled Copernican views, Michelangelo was accused of creating work more fit for a public bath than a place of worship. One artist was even...
...this speech really still happening? Flores is telling the girl to stop. She speeds up. More incoherence. Help! We think her point is to tell the UC not to certify the election...
Suddenly, a courageous soul climbed onto the two-step ladder and called to the crowd. Finally, a leader! And real chanting! By the second speech, enthusiasm was mounting. Even we could feel it. These people were getting their act together...
...third and final speech, a touching personal story, drew attention to the protestors' red brick "wall." (Actually, it was just a long piece of butcher paper painted to look like a brick wall...