Word: speechless
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...people were moved by encyclopedic knowledge and compound sentences, Al Gore would have run away with the debates and the election. Bush's gift of pre-verbal authenticity comes at a time when the most articulate among us have been rendered speechless. Three days after the attack, this man of few words picked up a bullhorn rather than a mike to reach the men of action at ground zero. A few days later, he was criticized for sounding like Dirty Harry channeling Winston Churchill--but his vow to take bin Laden "dead or alive" had an appealing clarity. And last...
...capella solo introduces “Speechless,” an incredibly sincere ballad composed and written by the King himself. Jackson’s voice is devoid of device and aching with heart-wrenching honesty and passion...
...recalls being “speechless [on air]... normally...the cardinal sin in television” but in this case “the only appropriate thing...
...lesson plan could provide comfort for the thousands of New York schoolchildren who lost mothers and fathers in the World Trade Center attack. But teachers could not afford to be speechless when their grieving pupils returned to class. Some students needed surrogate parents, others just answers to the very questions vexing their teachers. Consequently, schools that in recent years have banished emotions and hugs as they have Bibles spent whole periods probing feelings. This swiftly became American history week, no matter what the syllabus said...
...Well, Mr. President, I'll be speechless for $20 billion any time you want," Schumer answered. Bush chuckled and patted him on the back...