Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave a lengthy speech on the subject yesterday.

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Maduro, who Chavez had named as his preferred successor before his death, gave a lengthy, impassioned speech that made him emotional at times.

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Paul ended his lengthy speech with a joke.

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Mahathir's lengthy talk, more a lecture than a speech, was received in relative silence.

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The pontiff repeatedly misfired in his attempts to apologize for the remarks, eventually appending a lengthy footnote to the text of the controversial speech to help clarify its peaceful intentions.

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"A campaign endorsement in particular need not be elaborate or lengthy to constitute political speech, " the site's lawyers wrote.

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