11.   Arafat addressed Palestinian legislators who listened to his rambling speech in silence, only rarely acknowledging his words with a smattering of applause.

12.   But Nixon did resign, and in a long, rambling speech said goodbye to the White House staff.

13.   Ferguson also attempted to subpoena President Clinton, cross-examined his victims with non-sequiturs and launched into rambling speeches.

14.   Long after the final punch was thrown, King addressed the media in a rambling speech that confirmed his reputation as a master of elaboration and pontification.

15.   Stability is his message, and he pushed it at every campaign stop in rambling speeches that never strayed from the theme.

16.   The secluded actor, who arrived in Athens on Thursday, delivered a rambling speech Monday in a mansion owned by multi-billionaire shipowner Giannis Latsis.

17.   Yasser Arafat responded Wednesday to mounting dissatisfaction of his rule in a rambling speech that included rare self-criticism and a pledge of new elections and government reform.

18.   Zhirinovsky, gesturing wildly and pointing an occasional accusing finger at fellow legislators, delivered a customary rambling speech mixing history, personal past and geopolitics.