• But Admiral Stanhope, breaking off from his set speech in London on Tuesday, denied he was in conflict with Gen Richards, insisting that "much" of what the army chief had said "resonated" with his own views.

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  • But on his second afternoon, in a set piece speech to young Israelis in Jerusalem's main conference centre, he laid out where he believed both Israel and the Palestinians should be going.

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  • His widely admired concession speech set off speculation that he might try to run again in 2004.

    ECONOMIST: The end, at last

  • The Tory leader, David Cameron, even gave his set-piece speech on October 1st from a lectern, calculating that his usual gambit of roaming the stage without notes would be inappropriately showy.

    ECONOMIST: The Conservative Party

  • He said the policy was part of his plan to "change the way our country works" and end the "short-term, fast-buck economy" - a theme he said would dominate his set-piece speech to conference on Tuesday.

    BBC: Tuition fees: Labour pledges maximum cap of ?6,000

  • Robert Chote's letter to the prime minister is an embarrassment for David Cameron - and marks yet another way in which his big set-piece speech on the economy has failed to work out as Downing Street hoped.

    BBC: A ticking-off for the PM

  • The Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore said the bills set out in the speech were good for Scotland.

    BBC: The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

  • The Queen's Speech has set out the UK government's pledge to continue making the case for Scotland to remain part of the Union.

    BBC: The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

  • Why not announce a draft bill in the Queen's Speech, set up a scrutiny committee and debate and consult at length, they ask.

    BBC: A matter of timing

  • In early February, before he was set to deliver a speech at the American Enterprise Institute, he invited me to join him at a luncheon in an A.E.

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  • Another speaker, Professor Urs Niggli, director of the Swiss Research Institute for Organic Agriculture, said he was disappointed that Ms Spelman did not use her speech to set out the government's goals for organic farming.

    BBC: UK is 'lazy man of Europe' when it comes to organics

  • Mr Cable also used his conference speech to set out proposals for an increase in tax on "high alcohol" drinks to be offset by a cut in the VAT on fruit juices from 17.5% to 5%.

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  • The advance billing was of a speech that would set out the UK government's counter-arguments to the SNP administration, as it prepares the ground for a referendum on independence.

    BBC: What price the Union?

  • The Queen's Speech on Wednesday will set out the government's legislative plans for the next year.

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  • It set off a controversy about free speech and manners in the digital age.

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  • Stepping out in this high profile speech with his own set of prescriptions for how the Republican party should move forward could raise questions about whether Cantor and Boehner are working together.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • In his speech, Mr Osborne set out seven further areas where the government thinks Britain is a world leader and can and must go further: computing, synthetic biology, regenerative medicine, agricultural science, energy storage, robotics and advanced materials including nanotechnology.

    BBC: Space spending to be increased by ?60m a year

  • Previewing ideas he will set out in full with a speech on Tuesday to the independent Resolution Foundation - whose work is devoted to diagnosing the problems affecting low to middle income earners - Mr Boles proposes a philosophical shift that should guide the next round of spending cuts due for 2013 or 2014.

    BBC: UK Politics

  • Thus today David Cameron's speech on the NHS looks set to say almost nothing about any of that.

    BBC: Don't mention the reforms

  • Mr Obama was set to outline his ideas in a speech to Congress on September 8th, after The Economist went to press.

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  • During the speech, Mr Miliband also set out plans to tackle issues around housing, adding that Britain was in danger of having two nations - homeowners and tenants.

    BBC: Miliband: 'Labour didn't listen on immigration'

  • This is in line with what ministers are thinking and will almost certainly form part of the Lords Reform bill, which will be set out in the Queen's Speech in May.

    BBC: Bishops must stay in the Lords, MPs and peers say

  • But Home Office minister Paul Boateng - who will set out plans for resettlement in a speech on Monday to the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (Nacro) - denied the charge.

    BBC: News | UK Politics | Parties clash on crime

  • The Ministry of Justice refused to comment on suggestions the new legislation would be set out in the forthcoming Queen's Speech.

    BBC: Court television plan 'in Queen's speech'

  • In a speech in June 2011, he set a series of challenges for local government to meet by this September, including targeting resources to schools that need them most.

    BBC: School standards: Councils warned of 'further action'

  • More boldly, the report and Mr Obama's speech suggest that the president has set aside his ambivalence about free trade and may soon take up stalled free-trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.

    ECONOMIST: Economics focus

  • The resulting product portfolio is expected to set new standards for sound quality, clarity and speech intelligibility.

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  • Today, she's set out to prove it, delivering a lunchtime speech in Cleveland, an event that attracted hundreds of well-wishers and a crush of international media.

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  • The Queen set out the government's plans in a speech written for her by the government amid the traditional pomp and ceremony of the state opening of parliament.

    BBC: The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

  • But Mr Cameron, who is due to set out his plans in more detail in a speech later this month, said it would not be "right" to leave the EU, as its members accounted for half the UK's trade.

    BBC: Business leaders urge Cameron not to 'risk' EU membership

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