21.   His rat-a-tat speaking style, punctuated by chopping hand motions, accompanies a daunting memory that allows him to cite page and line numbers from thick rulings.

22.   His flat speaking style and tendency to keep his distance from the public cost him.

23.   His speaking style was dramatic.

24.   His speech writers understand his thinking and his speaking style.

25.   In recent months Gore has spiced up his speaking style, sometimes adopting the cadences of a Baptist preacher to articulate his contrast of Republicans and Democrats.

26.   Levitt gave frequent speeches and acquired a reputation for his direct, disarming speaking style and ease at the podium.

27.   Later, Bush lampooned Perot, imitating his speaking style.

28.   Mrs. Edelman said of the scrapping of Aid to Dependent Children, flashing a speaking style the equal of any preacher here.

29.   Pagels, a science teacher who formerly did cellular research for a biotechnology firm, spurs student thinking with a rat-a-tat speaking style that mixes quips and facts.

30.   She started anew teaching at Georgetown University, where she dazzled students with her outgoing personality and blunt speaking style.