1.   In several bitter conference meetings, Armey stirred the hearts of conservatives with passionate speeches against any vote on the issue.

2.   He gave a passionate speech on tax reform.

3.   At his campaign kickoff, the senator gave a passionate speech about combating poverty.

4.   But because of a passionate speech against the extension by the Giants co-owner Wellington Mara, the vote was much closer than expected.

5.   But he acknowledged in a passionate speech at the National Archives that equal opportunity initiatives had been misapplied against whites in some cases.

6.   Diplomats say some of the unrest was caused by Aristide and by a passionate speech he made at the funeral of a relative who had been assassinated by gunmen.

7.   In a passionate inaugural speech, Barak addresses not only the Israelis but also the many Palestinians and Syrians who watched him, waiting for messages.

8.   In passionate speeches, he has called for an end to the factional politics that have long divided the Liberal Democratic Party and alienated the populace.

9.   In the most passionate speech, Daughtry asked residents of poor neighborhoods to stop harboring killers, and to put out a message that criminals would be turned in.