As some of you probably heard, I flew down to El Paso a couple of days ago to give a speech on this topic.

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It should also please East Belfast MLA Michael Copeland, who famously delivered a filibuster speech on the topic of welfare reform, and was rumoured to have been increasingly unhappy about the prospect of the UUP backing the bill once again.

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Aside from offering the text in a valuably rich informational setting, they do something else: They keep the speech alive for days after its delivery as a topic of national discussion and reflection, and invite citizens to dig in.

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In his speech on health care to a joint session of Congress, Obama finally broached the topic, if tentatively, through the words of Sen.

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The idea of incentive trusts has become so trendy that 2, 500 estate planners are attending a speech on the topic next month in Miami.

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