21. Roberts said the decline in civility in the House and Senate reflected a similar decline in society in general, an argument several other speakers made Friday. 22. Speakers make handsome livings talking about teamwork. 23. Speakers make those personal connections with the audience by letting their guard down, showing people who they really are, and sharing relevant personal stories, Lane said. 24. The incoming speaker made his comments while being pressed to justify his earlier characterization of the Clintons and their White House as exemplars of the counterculture. 25. The performance was probably not as amorphous as the speakers made it sound. 26. The speaker has made contempt for Congress so respectable that Congress now glories in despising itself for being too flabby to deal with a budget deficit. 27. The speaker made clear that he had no plans to step down voluntarily, either now or at the end of his current two-year term. 28. The speaker was making telephone calls from his home in Georgia. 29. Top-flight smaller speakers make their own demands, not of living space but of associated hi-fi electronics. 30. When Mullen hit it, the control-room speaker made a squawk of distortion. |