Word: speaker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Narayan was diagnosed with cancer, arare sarcoma in his sinuses. It was then that theyoung volunteer, by that time serving on his RedCross chapter's board of directors, was selectedas the keynote speaker at the organization'snational convention...
...Thomas J. Bliley (R-Va.) sent a letter to President Clinton demanding an apology. The letter was signed by more than 50 House Republicans, including Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), Majority Leader Richard K. Armey (R-Tex.) and Majority Whip Tom Delay...
Gary L. Bauer, president of the Family Research Council, and another recent ARCO speaker, went further, demanding Clinton fire Blumenthal...
...recall one particular after-dinner tea when the women of Comstock Hall were dedicating a new oil painting over the mantel above a crackling fire. It was the portrait of Ida Louise Comstock, namesake of that specific dorm. A speaker recounted for the combined audience of Radcliffe and Harvard students some of the highlights of her inspiring life. Her image then joined those of the other illustrious women who graced the walls of this venerable room. In some quiet way, it served as an inspiration, not only to the young women, but to young men (like me) who would eventually...
...grew up and left home. No longer did I have any way of knowing that Colorado College students called cadets at the nearby Air Force Academy "zoomies" or that the way to end a conversation you no longer had any interest in was to flip a palm toward the speaker and say, "Talk to the hand." If I'm desperate for the latest ghetto slang these days, I'm reduced to lurking on the subway near clots of beautifully turned-out white boys who are trying to sound like cool dudes as they chat on their way to expensive private...