Much like Jobs did in his wildly famous keynote speeches, Ballmer talked about how several aspects of Microsofts products and soon to be released ones will come together to improve the user experience.

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At each of his famous Macworld keynote speeches that he made in 2002, Jobs had been secretly testing a new Apple-made presentation software application called, not surprisingly, Keynote.

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His speeches during the war are famous for keeping the country's spirits high!

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And American Speeches also includes speeches from orators far less famous than Abraham Lincoln, such as Robert Brown Elliott, an African-American member of Congress during Reconstruction.

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Widmer discusses these speakers, both famous and not-so-famous, religious influences on Western oratory, and differences between speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr.

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