Word: speeches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ailing King Hussein also deserves praise for helping to bring about this agreement. According to reports from participants in the summit, it was Hussein's emotional speech on Thursday that helped bring the parties close their final agreement. President Clinton, too, should be commended for devoting extraordinary time and energy to this process. Whether his motive was the resurrection of his legacy or a genuine interest in peace, or a combination of both, he deserves the world's gratitude for helping to bring the Middle East closer to peace...
...article in Tuesday's paper on the speech by Kashmiri religious leader Mirwaiz Umaz Farooq mistakenly attributed the following quotation to Imraan R. Mir '00: "Ultimately he represents a voice in the Kashmir government that is important especially after India and Pakistan have detonated the atomic bomb. Also, this represents a different point of view. Everyone always says, `Pakistan is a bastard,' or `India is a bastard,' [but] we never hear Kashmir's voice...
Those in attendance nominated candidates to fill the positions on each committee. Each candidate then gave a one-minute speech after which the floor was opened for questions. A maximum of three questions could be posed to each of the candidates...
Italy's gone communist! Back in the domino-theory days of the Cold War, heads would be rolling at the CIA; instead, there was nary a raised eyebrow in Washington Thursday as reconstructed communist Massimo D'Alema made his maiden speech as prime minister. And that's not only because he's committed to a "caring capitalism" rather than any kind of socialism. "This government will pursue exactly the same economic policies as its predecessor," says TIME's Rome correspondent Greg Burke. "They're going to submit the same budget that brought down Romano Prodi, and this time...
...crowd of Cambridge residents immediately broke into applause after Cavellini's remark, and applauded him again when he ended his speech with a challenge to the council...