More evidence that the pollsters played a big role in this speech.

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Lovell, though nearly blind, played a full part in the festivities and made a superb speech.

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Heat forward Shane Battier, who played on the 2007-08 Rockets, inspired his teammates with a speech after their Feb. 3 win over Toronto.

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Later, after Veda grows up and becomes a radio star (played by Evan Rachel Wood), Haynes gives her a porcelain pallor and a mannered style of speech.

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