1.   As she did in her announcement speech, Clinton told a group of elderly listeners of her interest in extending Medicare coverage to include prescription drugs.

2.   At his announcement speech here, he was preaching to the converted.

3.   Bloomberg made clear in his announcement speech that he would do everything within his considerable financial means to let voters know exactly what that business is.

4.   But for all the announcement speeches, there were few, if any, memorable applause lines.

5.   Dole did not give her more famous husband a speaking role at her announcement speech, following the pattern of Clinton.

6.   He is the first candidate to have staged a full-fledged announcement speech.

7.   He said he had actually written an announcement speech on the plane back from Washington recently but when he showed it his wife, she nixed it.

8.   His announcement speech featured a promise to cut taxes and balance the federal budget at the same time.

9.   Her announcement speech Thursday, in Manhattan, boasted all the ingredients of a rousing, liberal campaign.

10.   His Democratic opponent, Land Commissioner Garry Mauro, said he considered including electric competition in his announcement speech, but took it out.