The case opened with an address by Sir John Scott, the Solicitor General for England and Wales, who was prosecuting Baillie, followed by "long, dreary" speeches by Bearcroft, Peckham, Murphy and Hargrave, defending him.
True to his style, Mr Mbeki delivered a dreary, technocratic speech that lasted for over two hours, listing the socio-economic achievements of the past decade.
What a dreary subject!" Her speech is peppered with sudden, plummy explosions.
Instead, the finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, is pursuing broadly the same prudent macroeconomic policies that prevailed under Thabo Mbeki's presidency from 1999 to 2008.Mr Zuma has been accused of weak leadership, particularly since his dreary state-of-the-nation speech earlier this month.
This was an unusually interesting speech, especially during this dreary runup to a general election struggle between a pair of mainstream parties spooked by poor polls, fast-changing politics and insurgent forces to left and right.
Listening to the dreary litany of praise and the rambling speeches of a "leader for life" was becoming intolerable for teenagers and twentysomethings whose parents had heard the same voice addressing them at that age.
And then Malcolm Gladwell, a former newspaper reporter at The Washington Post and now a writer for The New Yorker, chimed in, saying in a speech at Yale Newspapersers are kind of dreary, depressed places.
His speeches tended to be long, rambling, dreary and often incoherent, including his final talk on April 21 , 1975 announcing his decision to resign.
Trophy time After some dreary music which goes on for far too long, and some speeches from some suits that go on for far too long, it's time for the presentation.
Even if you are delivering dreary statistics about last year's crop failure, put something of yourself into your speech.
