Later the same day both the Commons and Lords move a Loyal Address in answer to the Speech which is followed by a Debate on the Address.

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He said the findings did not give a definitive answer as to how speech arose in humans, but they did at least show that a combination of "lip-smacking" and vocalisations could have been a viable step for speech evolution.

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"If we have a free-speech problem, I think the answer to that is more free speech, " said Fernando Ferrer, a board member and former Bronx borough president, though he acknowledged concern about "distasteful and incendiary language" that could incite tensions.

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Twice this summer, Rudolph Giuliani has interrupted himself in the middle of a speech to answer his mobile phone.

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Impeachment prosecutor David Ellis, in his rebuttal, emphasised that Mr Blagojevich had refused to appear under oath to answer questions, opting instead to make a closing speech.

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In the Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, avoided a direct answer to repeated questions from reporters about his response to Obama's move, deferring instead to a speech by Romney later this week at a major Latino conference in Florida.

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The answer is important, because it tells us something about how to construct a good speech.

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Former party leader Lord Ashdown is to make a speech on Saturday, and current leader Nick Clegg will do a question-and-answer session with activists.

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Ghalibaf, who once fancied himself as Iran's answer to Tom Cruise, has had his popular credibility bruised by the sudden release of a recording of a speech he allegedly gave to members of the Basij militia bragging about how much he enjoyed getting on his motorbike and thumping students.

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