The most detailed part of Mr Bush's speech correctly focused on the area where he had most to prove: domestic policy (see article).

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Several initiatives unveiled in the president's speech would provide tax breaks for area businesses, along with federal funds for rebuilding roads and bridges damaged by the storm and the flooding that followed.

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If you read this article aloud to yourself (first make sure nobody is watching), your speech will be forged in Broca's area (a specialised zone in the front-left part of your brain).

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