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...154th annual convention of the International Platform Association, established by Statesman-Orator Daniel Webster to disseminate culture to outlying states and distract them from rebellion, was off and droning. Last week nearly 800 speakers, would-be speakers, booking agents, college program directors and even a few plain old listeners assembled for the I.P.A. gathering at Washington's plush Mayflower Hotel. The 40 or so established rhetoricians spoke mainly for the fun of it, and perhaps to pick up an extra engagement or two. But the stakes were higher for the competing amateurs, who were hoping to break into...
...carnival-like atmosphere of Webster's 19th century lecture tours is recaptured during the five-day convention, where the audience chooses a winner from among both the celebrity and the amateur speakers. At one of the numerous parties, Cleo Dawson, who will not give her age but is recognized as the eldest I.P.A. member, sat beneath a flower-bedecked hat and shouted encouragement to various contestants. "Hello, honey," she yelled, "you were wonderful last night." Turning back to her table, Dawson got serious. "There are no second-raters, not here. They're all artists." Her favorite lecturer? Says Dawson: "Myself...
...spend much of the off-season trying to keep as his own, a ball now in the possession of the Red Sox (and Doug is, via trade, now a Met; make of that what you will)-I learned a new definition of the term "backpacker." It's not in Webster's and I doubt it will be soon, but it's has useful application in the New World Order...
...allegedly tempted by a promise of $65,000 in cash and gold. The list goes on: in the past 15 months, 15 people in the U.S. have been arrested for spying. "We have more people charged with espionage right now than ever before in our history," FBI Director William Webster said recently...
Tony Richardson of the Kansas City Chiefs has taken advantage of the tuition reimbursement program at the undergraduate and graduate levels, obtaining his MBA from Webster...