1.   In his inauguration speech Brazauskas declared that upholding the independence of the state was his primary aim.

2.   By pledging in his inauguration speech not to declare independence, the president probably defused a confrontation across the Taiwan Strait.

3.   He will not don his vampire outfit, complete with flowing black cape, and deliver a thundering inauguration speech denouncing venal, uncaring establishment politicians.

4.   His inauguration speech Saturday could be one of his best chances of calming the neighboring communist giant.

5.   In his inauguration speech, he quoted the late Pennsylvania trial judge Curtis Bok as saying that being a judge entailed a mystery that defied analysis.

6.   Indeed, he received the loudest burst of applause in his inauguration speech when he repeated the pledge.

7.   It may well be that inauguration speeches, by their very nature, go heavy on calls for cooperation, renewal, and national unity, while avoiding specifics.

8.   Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, a Democrat, used part of his inauguration speech to bond in public with the former Republican president.

9.   Sundquist, beginning his second term, steered away from the lottery issue in his inauguration speech Saturday, focusing instead on protecting the environment and reforming government.