But Arianna Huffington, the keynote speaker for the Women of Vision evening, hit squarely on the issue with a talk about how to be fearless in uncertain times.
If they are wrong, and Buckingham's constituents oust an incumbent speaker for the first time, it will send a pretty clear message to Westminster that business as usual is over.
Record numbers of women will be serving in the 110th Congress, and the U.S. House of Representatives will be led by a woman speaker for the first time in history.
That surfaced only because Dr Leo did a bit of Googling after his letter was published, and found out that Dr Robinson had served in the past as a paid speaker for the firm.
Gupta was credited with being instrumental in the founding of the Indian School of Business (ISB) and was a frequent speaker there for the students.
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So I said I'll convene it again when there is agreement on the nominations for the Speaker of the House.
The spokesman for the Speaker of the House said that we were -- meaning me -- we're just talking about student loans to distract folks from the economy.
Instead, we got a look at a pair of Nyko speaker stands for the PlayStation Vita and the Kindle Fire, as well as a battery powered case for Amazon's slate.
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And the money comes just in time for the former Speaker of the House, who just placed fourth in the Iowa caucus.
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And, clearly, the Speaker was totally unprepared for the Supreme Court decision upholding the law.
Initially the bill did not define a confidence motion and, to avoid the risk of a legal challenge, it was left for the Speaker to "certify" what the Commons had decided.
But the votes for speaker on Friday suggested the parties were still a long way apart.
The occasion for Speaker Gingrich's stirring speech was his acceptance of the Center for Security Policy's 1996 "Keeper of the Flame" award.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown declined to give Mr Martin his backing, saying that "the decision about who is Speaker is a matter for the House of Commons - it could never be a matter for the government".
Christmas did not come early for Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH).
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Perhaps he had his own Plan C (Cantor for Speaker of the House?).
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Jamie McShane, a spokesman for the speaker's office, said it isn't unprecedented for funds to be given to groups that advocate on public issues.
The New York City Council voted 45-3 on Wednesday to approve landmark legislation that will require businesses with 20 or more workers to provide five paid sick days a year beginning in April, a major victory for the proposal's supporters after Council Speaker Christine Quinn bottled up the bill for years.
Discussing the issue on the Today programme, regular Thought for the Day speaker Christina Rees , said she thought the programme is already secular enough.
After Hoyer's conference call, an aide told CNN that the majority leader is in full agreement with the speaker about the need for a public option, and that a health reform bill will be hard to pass in the House without one.
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It will include a cord to connect the unit to the cigarette lighter for power and on that cord is a speaker that will play the voice prompts for turn-by-turn directions.
When he joined the race for Speaker, he was thought to have the backing of many Labour MPs - but it was thought by many pundits that he may not have been popular enough with his own side to stand a chance.
And here, the importance of body language for both the speaker and the listener is just as important as in face-to-face communication.
The speaker is the frontrunner in the race for the Democratic mayoral primary and a close ally of Mr. Bloomberg.
Reports say that MDP MPs removed the seats reserved for the president and the speaker of the parliament in an apparent effort to stop Mr Hassan from delivering his speech.
In March, 20 Clinton fundraisers scolded the speaker in a letter for her remarks on the superdelegate issue, hinting they might hold back funds for the DCCC if Pelosi did not allay their concerns.
Put simply, the law ensures that the virtual soapbox is not liable for what the speaker says: merely creating a forum in which users post ads that may violate state law plainly does not lead to liability for a web site operator.
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The speaker nevertheless skewered the Republican opposition for failing to provide what she claimed was a reasonable alternative.
The Windows Phone 8X by HTC featuring Beats Audio also offers a unique audio amplifier powering the 3.5mm audio jack and the speaker, boosting the audio signal for even better sound no matter if you're listening to music, playing a game or watching a video.
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