1.   She set out to cut down on smirking by creating more speaking roles.

2.   Anton Dolin, her usual and equally famous partner, had a speaking role as St. George.

3.   Barbour said that losing candidates do not have a right to a speaking role at the convention.

4.   A third governor, George Pataki of New York, said Saturday he had turned down a speaking role.

5.   Both were given prominent speaking roles at the Republican National Convention.

6.   Buchanan has been denied a speaking role at the convention.

7.   Buchanan has said he deserved a prime-time speaking role at the convention, so his rejection did not surprise even some of those who made the offer.

8.   By high school, Sears had his first speaking role in a Shakespeare play, while the adolescent Williams became fascinated with Eugene Ionesco and other avant-garde playwrights.

9.   Democrats watched how Republicans sought to present themselves as a diverse party, with many minorities given prominent speaking roles.

10.   Dole did not give her more famous husband a speaking role at her announcement speech, following the pattern of Clinton.