1.   Each was mentioned only in passing during a nearly hourlong speech largely dedicated to more unifying matters such as public service and fighting terrorism.

2.   He devoted only half a sentence in his hourlong speech to the topic.

3.   He made jokes during his hourlong speech and described jogging with soldiers, washing his own socks and praying on the beach with a priest while under military detention.

4.   He reminded them in his hourlong speech that Labor had never demonstrated enough staying power to win two full consecutive terms of office.

5.   In a vexed tone that he maintained through his hourlong speech, he chastised Czech politicians for excessive pride and unnecessary provincialism.

6.   The hourlong speech was under the auspices of the Churchill Club, a self-styled public affairs forum which regularly schedules speeches by technology leaders.

7.   Yeltsin, in his first lengthy public statement since ordering troops into Chechnya in December, spoke clearly and had no obvious health problems during the hourlong speech.

8.   Yeltsin made the remarks during an hourlong speech before the Russian parliament.

9.   On Monday, his hourlong speech to a packed stadium was broadcast live on Croatian state-run television.

10.   Schroeder argued forcefully for his stand in an hourlong speech, saying that Germany had a special responsibility to stand firm against Milosevic precisely because of its Nazi past.