Her speech, with training, gets heavier and slower, the emphasis landing on selected, morally instructive syllables like a hammer hitting an anvil.

NEWYORKER: Battle Stations

She allows her hair to be teased into a lofty blond arc, a sort of cotton-candy diadem, and her speech, with training, gets heavier and slower, the emphasis landing on selected, morally significant syllables like a hammer hitting an anvil.

NEWYORKER: The Iron Lady

Lord Deben took issue with remarks Mr Osborne made in his speech at the Conservative party conference, when he said the UK should reduce emissions "no slower but also no faster than our fellow countries in Europe".

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