1. Aides to Dole had billed his speech at the college here as one about disabilities. 2. Gore was invited to the academy in his capacity as vice president and the speech was billed as an official vice presidential event, not a campaign appearance. 3. His speech was billed as a riposte to the anti-market rantings of Mahathir Mohamad, the Malaysian Prime Minister who had called for a ban on financial trading. 4. Originally, the speech was billed by the RJR public relations team as being all about the current tobacco legislation. 5. Aides had billed the speech as a major policy address, but Bush did not offer specific new policies or proposals. 6. Aides had billed his speech as kicking off a new phase of the campaign, redefining and sharpening the differences with Gore. 7. Presidential aides billed the speech as a major policy address and the centerpiece of his European trip. 8. The speech was billed as the Czech vision of future coexistence between the two countries. |