Word: speech
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...Whitacre is market share, and by that measure, GM did improve in the third quarter, as its global share increased to 11.9%, up 0.3 percentage points from the first half of the year. "I took the job with a serious level of skepticism," Whitacre noted in a recent speech in Texas. "Some five months later, I am very pleased to report that my skepticism is giving way to optimism, little by little, day by day. We are much better positioned for success than I thought possible in July...
When Trevor J. Bakker ’10 shares the intimate details of his extensive work on human rights, he often speaks with his hands, never once breaking eye contact. He attributes his eloquence to his previous experience in theater and competitive speech...
...campus, he’s active in the Harvard College Human Rights Advocates, co-president of the Harvard College Defense Against Genocide, and he directed the Soldier Testimony Project. Bakker says he discovered his interest in human rights during high school while participating in extemporaneous speech contests, of which he was the Michigan state champion three times. Every round, Bakker would have to choose one of three topics, and he found himself gravitating towards human rights issues. “When the Darfur question came up I would always pick that,” he says...
...remember coming to Harvard and thinking about getting involved in speech and debate,” says Bakker, but he ultimately chose a different direction...
...This is performance, and these are good skills to know,” he says, referring to competitive speech. “But if you’re really concerned about the things you read in the news, you have to stand up and do something...