51.   There was no explanation why he omitted his prepared speech.

52.   He even sprinkled his prepared speech with snippets of humor and forceful gestures that elicited applause from the crowd.

53.   British democracy is fond of this type of cut-and-thrust debate, to the point where it bans the reading of prepared speeches.

54.   But Walesa then backed off, amending a prepared speech to recognize that the majority of victims at Auschwitz were Jews.

55.   But the emotional welcome they received caused Prime Minister Wim Kok and Defense Minister Joris Voorhoeve to abandon their prepared speeches.