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What a speech.

2008-06-04 03:09:46 by Jeffrey Overstreet in
 
...speech. I agreed with him when he reprimanded Hillary Clinton several months ago and insisted that words *do* matter. Tonight, they certainly did. That was plain to see in the stark differences between the speeches given by McCain, Clinton, and Obama. It wasnt just charisma. It was content too. Sure, there was some pie-in-the-sky dreaming...
 
 
 
 
 
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Best. Oscar. Speech. Ever.

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2008-02-21 21:00:08 by Carrie Rickey in Flickgrrl
...speech be longer than the movie itself. While I'm told that got a big laugh, was it the best speech? When Julia Roberts (pictured) got her gold guy for Erin Brockovich , she crashed up against the Academy's 45-second acceptance limit and didn't stop: "A girl's got to have her moment. Everybody tries to get me to shut up. Didn't work with my...
 
 
 
 
 
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Millions Watch Obama Speech on YouTube

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2008-03-21 19:18:37 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood
The riveting, moving and historic Barack Obama speech on racism and politics has been seen by millions on YouTube Here's the speech And the full text . Red-diaper baby Howard Rodman at the Huffington Post responds . As does Tina Daunt at the LAT . Even Peggy Noonan is mildly favorable at the WSJ
 
 
 
 
 
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Speech Center Found in Chimps Brain Can They Converse?

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2008-02-29 16:25:33 by Sam in Slice of SciFi
...speech and sign language. When a person speaks, or even plans to say something, this region lights up with activity This is the first time someone has measured activity in that area in chimp brains, said Jared Taglialatela, a biologist at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta. It looks like a similarity between humans and...
 
 
 
 
 
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Maggie Gyllenhaal Gives a Harvey Dent Speech

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2008-04-07 18:43:08 by HASH0x8472f1c in I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever
...speech in support of her favorite district attorney candidate. Listen for the repeated sound effects of camera shutters--those make it real
 
 
 
 
 
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Miss Andy Whitmans speech? Here it is!

2008-06-16 19:08:45 by Jeffrey Overstreet in
 
...speech So sit back and enjoy the words of one of my favorite writers, Andy Whitman Thank you for the opportunity to speak this morning. My name is Andy Whitman. Im 52 years old. You should know three things about me. First, I work in corporate America for 40 or more hours every week. Second, for as long as I can remember Ive wanted to be a...
 
 
 
 
 
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Rowling's Harvard Commencement Speech

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2008-06-21 22:48:08 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood
...speech has helped me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I cant remember a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, law or politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard You see? If...
 
 
 
 
 
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MIND MELD: If You Could Change Any Aspect of The Science Fiction Field, What Would it Be?

2008-08-20 00:29:29 by John in SF Signal
 
...speech. The universal format drops development costs for everyone and provides both the author and publisher with more licensing options and more sales channels. If I'm going to make a career in this business, I need as many revenue streams as possible Now, don't get me started on ebook readers -- but I'd love to see something like Readius...
 
 
 
 
 
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POLITICAL TV: Keith and Chris, What Really Happened

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2008-01-20 17:36:00 by Moviezzz in The Moviezzz Blog
 
...speech Aired in full by MSNBC (which I was watching), as it ended, MSNBC hosts Chris Matthews and Keith Olberman were heard laughing Within an hour of the event on Drudge, there was a front page headline saying " MSNBC Hosts Continue To Laugh At Republican Speeches... " with a link to a Media Bistro story with this YouTube clip Notice...
 
 
 
 
 
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