Word: speaker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...touring car and greeted a crowd of well-wishers. Though the itinerary had been hastily drafted, Sriperumbudur was electric with late-night festivities as a throng of 10,000 turned out to welcome Gandhi. At a far corner of the large, hummocky rally ground was a temporary speaker's platform flanked by VIP and press enclosures, with a barricaded space for photographers in front...
...addition, council members want to pare down the city's overgrown bureaucracy, targeting 14 agencies and offices for elimination or transfer of functions. In dealing with unions, the council would tie wage settlements to productivity, an innovative idea in a city where unions still have clout. Says council speaker Peter Vallone: "The days of tax and spending are over, not just in New York City but everywhere." The city council also opposes the heavy increase in real estate taxes that Dinkins is seeking. "Business and residents would flee," Vallone warns...
...himself as a statesman using the "art of persuasion," but most of the time, he has been a hired gun in Washington's range wars, a tactician seeking out the right angle of attack. He counseled Jimmy Carter's Budget Director Bert Lance on his banking problems, Speaker of the House Jim Wright on his ethics, and Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas on conflict-of-interest charges...
...could have been Kevin Costner. It might have been George Will. Some say it should have been Colin Powell or even Madonna. But no. This year's Class Day speaker is Colorado Senator Tim Wirth. Many seniors expressed disappointment that Wirth-who speaks frequently at the Kennedy School--will be joining that other all-too-common speaker Derek Bok in what promises to be one of Harvard's less memorable Commencement weeks...
...known Bush since the early 1970s. A man who can spin some of the funniest shaggy-dog stories ever heard around a cracker barrel, he has the shoes-up-on-the-coffee-table style that the President likes. More important for a campaigner, he's a relaxed and confident speaker in public...