Word: speaker
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...wonder how Colin Powell felt standing behind the podium as the opening night featured speaker of the 1996 Republican National Convention. Even from my distant vantage point in the far recesses of the San Diego Convention Center, Powell emanated presidential poise. His positive attitude was overwhelmingly contagious, as evidenced by the audience's hearty reception. But it was his presidential poise, the rare quality which overrides political inexperience by oozing leadership, that engulfed my little corner on the convention floor...
...contradictions have been building all week. Inside the Convention Center, bright placards, balloons and deliriously happy rally troops find every TV camera as speaker after speaker repeats the mantra of Hope, Growth and Victory. Everywhere are the strains of "I'm a Dole Man!" and "You've Got To Be A Football Hero" and everyone is on message, talking about going for the gold. But even as Republican luminaries prepare to pull out all the stops tonight when Bob Dole formally accepts his party's nomination, the sickly air of resignation seeping out of the San Diego gathering overwhelms...
...Better Man for A Better America," was the convention theme from speaker after speaker--many of them women as the GOP moved to close the gender...
...eloquent speaker, an outstanding writer and a thoughtful young man," he said. "In addition he's very active in politics and has a passion for law and politics...
...DIEGO: A 38- year old pro-choice Congresswoman from Staten Island, Susan Molinari is one of the rising stars of the Republican Party, and the keynote speaker of the party's National Convention scheduled to speak Tuesday night. For her whole career, Molinari has opposed calls for a constitutional amendment banning abortion, and the prosecution of doctors who perform them, two items specifically mentioned in the Republican Party Platform. Bob Dole picked Molinari for the role in a gesture TIME's Elaine Rivera calls "an olive branch to moderate, pro-choice Republicans." Falling into step with the moderate line that...