Word: speeching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Heflin: "Am I to be criticized and scolded by the Senator from Maryland, who has made a speech that will please every Catholic priest in Baltimore and bring down upon his obedient head the blessings of the Pope? . . . Mr. President, that is about all I care to say at this time, but I want to assure the Senator from Mexico ? [Laughter...
...speech of the Senator from Alabama has been taken seriously by a few. It will be remembered that some 15 years ago Halley's comet scorched through the sky. It had a tail a million miles long. It gave off an iridescence; and some persons grew frightened until scientists assured them that while the tail was indeed a million miles long, the whole affair did not have about it or in it an ounce of substance. [Laughter.] Likewise, the speech of the Senator from Alabama gives off an iridescence, but is bereft of even an ounce of substance...
...found that one of his most precious books had been gnawed by his favorite dog Beppo. Instead of chastising the dog he simply took up the fragments of the book and wrote on one of the remaining leaves: 'Beppo aid this when he was drunk.' As to the speech of the Senator from Alabama, I can say: 'He made his speech when he was excited.' " [Laughter and applause in the galleries...
...years ago her speech was barely audible...
...strike-worn Passaic, N. J. (TIME, Dec. 27), Chief-of-Police Richard Zober last week had a pleasant diversion. With the commissioner of public safety and a police judge he listened to a short speech by one Michael Rusch, 23, who moved to Passaic five years ago from Alsace-Lorraine. Michael Rusch explained that he was an inventor in a small way. The officials watched his demonstration. The small box, 6 in. x 4 in. x 1 in. which he drew from his pocket was, he explained, a radio receiving set. He snowed how the aerial, a tiny wire, could...