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19 Articles match "America","United States"
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
From the CNN story: Roughly 3 million people in the United States stutter, according to the National Institutes of Health. The condition is most common among children, although about 1 percent of people carry the condition through adulthood, according to the Stuttering Foundation of America.
...Tags: For those who stutter, this research is big news: Three genetic mutations have been identified in the brains of people who stutter, located in the part of the brain where speech is controlled. It's not a cure, and may not be the only cause, but finding any source
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
conflict that America did not seek; one in which we are joined by forty three
other Obama uses the idea of a just war to review and justify America’s role as
the the sole superpower: Whatever mistakes we have made, the plain fact is this: the United
States States of America has helped underwrite Great speechmaking is rare, and recent great speechmaking
(in in this soundbite-driven age) is rarer still.
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Back in March of 2008, I wrote a blog post about his speech on race in America . Because of the tension that exists between the United
States States and Muslims around the world, there was potential for a
hostile America’s virtues, Obama praised Muslims for their contributions to
America In yesterday’s post , I said that Obama’s speech at Fort Hood was not his best ever, but I didn’t say which speech I thought was his best.
Most of Obama’s speeches are good, but his best speeches, in my opinion, were the most difficult to deliver.
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Friday, September 11, 2009
Lady Liberty Symbolizes All That’s Right about the United States in a Uniquely Powerful Way
This year, in the weeks before 9/11, I started to think about what I believe is the most powerful symbol of all that is right about the United States, not just for Americans but for people around the world. In the days of the great ocean liners and before the dominance of air travel, she gave a warm symbolic welcome to the United States. This may be more about loving the Statue of Liberty than about marketing. So I might be slightly off-topic.
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Friday, July 10, 2009
He states that he could not write for “a stranger calling me up on the phone.” knew what he thought and what he said on almost every subject…We traveled all 50 states together. Speakers born outside the United States will have a distinctive style. in the 1970s, I’m well aware that, as George Finding a speaker's 'voice' is the key to great speechwriting By Ian Griffin
Capture your orator’s meaning and cadence through familiarity and a few essential guidelines Veteran speechwriter Hal Gordon says that speechwriters need to know three things—the speaker,
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
That is heart-breaking, it is wrong, and no one should be treated that way in the United States of America.” He ends up by stating the obvious, “that is heart-breaking” to drive home the point.
8221; A little later, he said, “Now, these steps will ensure that you — America’s seniors — get the benefits you’ve been promised.” I watched U.S. President Obama’s speech this morning, having taped it from last night.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The oldest poetry society in the United States is the Poetry Society of America … perhaps best known for persuading the Pulitzer committee to include a poetry category. You Tomorrow, October 15th, marks World Poetry Day.
You can link to the home page of their web site at www.poetrysociety.org .
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
From the CNN story: Roughly 3 million people in the United States stutter, according to the National Institutes of Health. The condition is most common among children, although about 1 percent of people carry the condition through adulthood, according to the Stuttering Foundation of America.
...Tags: For those who stutter, this research is big news: Three genetic mutations have been identified in the brains of people who stutter, located in the part of the brain where speech is controlled. It's not a cure, and may not be the only cause, but finding any source
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
The oath is full of s-sounds--especially "the Consitution of the United States of America.") If you lisp and want a quick vocal lesson on correcting it, listen to NPR's story yesterday by comedian Mo Rocca about his own lisp--and that of presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani . S
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
July 4, 1776 marked to official birth of the United States of America. After the revolution and its fighting ended, our constitution and bill of rights were written, and freedom has never been the same. Each year, as we in the USA celebrate the Fourth, as it is known, I reflect and remind myself that our precious freedoms allow me to live life in a way relatively few others on the planet can. A well known speaker reflected on this when he said that foreigners arriving on our shores can 'smell the freedom,' when they step on our soil.
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Monday, October 13, 2008
d like to share with you an excerpt from the Proclamation that President Bush made to commemorate this month. National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 2008 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America Our Nation has a moral obligation to work to prevent domestic violence and address its brutal and destructive effects. Did you know that October is Domestic Violence Awareness month? If not, you are not alone, I just recently learned this too.
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Monday, October 5, 2009
This could be the tipping point for both the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport in Connecticut as well as the entire institution of Roman Catholicism in America and around the world. 0160; The United States Supreme Court denied the request of the Diocese of Bridgeport, filed on a paid-fee basis by its law firm Mayer Brown, to keep the discovery documents from the settlement of clergy sex abuse cases sealed. 0160; They had been sealed as part of the $40 million settlement the Diocese made in more than 20 lawsuits regarding alleged sex abuse.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
1565 North America saw its first permanent European settlement: St. 1776 Continental Congress changed the name from the United Colonies to the United States.
1850 California was admitted to the US as the 31st state.
Augustine, Florida.
1664 The British flag was raised over the Dutch city of New Amsterdam (thereafter known as New York).
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