Then we came to topical questions, and the Speaker pointed out that questions and answers should be snappy.
As some of the speakers pointed out, the Parkland students have not only kept the heat on Democrats to push through gun control bills but also started to sway Republicans to accept a modicum of gun legislation, like Sen. Marco Rubio and Gov. Rick Scott.
As one speaker pointed out for the foreseeable future, the vast majority of people will continue to work in the traditional way, but tens of thousands of others will work in a freelance capacity like those Uber drivers without any benefits or safety net — and that's not a sustainable model.
Christie, who later in the week would underwhelm as the convention's keynote speaker, pointed out to the delegates he was a mere 14 years old when Brown won the Democratic primary in New Jersey way back in 1980.
Theatre needs audiences and spends a great deal of time trying to gather data on them (data that, as one conference speaker pointed out, largely tells you what they did in the past but is not necessarily a good predictor of what they might do in the future).
Speaker after speaker pointed out that to quit now would inevitably be seen as support for Mr Arafat, and would be electoral suicide.Green lights?Mr Barghouti, the Fatah commander, believes that, in its plan to topple Mr Arafat, Israel has received a "green light" from the Americans.
The fight against FGM/C has to be collective, based on the voluntary mobilization of communities, the speakers pointed out.
A five-block pedestrianised strip, singers wailing from speakers pointed out to the street, neon everything.
All speakers pointed out that poverty is a critical factor in keeping girls out of school.
Finding the right organizations, as speaker Cindy McCain pointed out, is one.
