One of the terrific aspects of MIT in those days was the enormous variety of experimental work that either took place there or was talked about in seminars by outside speakers aggressively recruited by the faculty.
One of the terrific aspects of MIT in those days was the enormous variety of experimental work that either took place there or was talked about in seminars by outside speakers aggressively recruited by the faculty.
Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but that's how it is.
Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them.
Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.
Many after-dinner speakers remind us that to err is human.
Most speakers speak ten minutes too long.
I'm busier than a busy person. People aren't scared to play this raucous, harsh music over radio speakers, so I think it's the perfect time to get in with some real serious, heavy bands.
All the English speakers, or almost all, have difficulties with the gender of words.
There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?
One of the speakers asked how many women had been harassed or abused sexually in their life? There were thousands of women in the audience, and almost every one of them raised her hand.
And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping.
Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.
George Bush, Dick Cheney, every one of the speakers praised John Kerry's war record. No one said he was unfit. They said he has terrible judgment, and that's his record as a senator. Nobody questioned his military record.
The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast.
Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
I haven't spoken English with native speakers in several months. I've been speaking Arabic.
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