Senior male executives are asked to participate in many other ways in the effort to increase the number of women on boards: please speak at our conference, please sponsor a woman, please give us advice about boards.

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Please note that there are separate rules for losses on property held in connection with a trade or business, or in a transaction entered into for profit, and should this apply to you, please speak with your tax advisor.

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Please speak up about this.

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And as we look for our adjustments to the budget and our cuts, could you please speak to some of those very programs that are not necessarily sacred but must stay in place to even have a ripple effect for those who benefit from them?

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If I can no longer speak for myself, please keep me comfortable.

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And please, make your position and speak with a united voice.

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On December 15, 1791, the United States adopted the Bill of Rights, enshrining in our Constitution the protection of our inalienable freedoms, from the right to speak our minds and worship as we please to the guarantee of equal justice under the law.

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Please be cognizant of the fact that not everyone gets to speak at every event.

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The girls at Andover and elsewhere are socialized to be likeable, to please others, to not tout their own successes and to speak softly like proper girls.

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