11.   In a program packed with women, podium speakers took turns pummelling Clinton and praising Bob Dole.

12.   In front of the State Capitol, various speakers took the microphone to try to enlist Bush supporters in what amounted to public prayers.

13.   In the background, speaker after speaker took to the microphone.

14.   Not every speaker took as stern a line as Khatami.

15.   Now that Gingrichism has caught on in the Gobi Desert, the speaker might take a shot at the sheepherders of Capitol Hill.

16.   Other speakers took a tougher line.

17.   Other speakers took swipes at New York City and urban dwellers in general, at the media and at old enemies like Clinton and Gore.

18.   Other Arab speakers are taking much the same line in speeches to the conference.

19.   The audience is high as a kite and most speakers take the excitement personally and talk a little longer.

20.   The next speaker politely took issue.