The French have given me my licence over here, that speaks for itself, doesn't it?" Fallon was grateful to Pasquier for effectively speaking up for him in the stewards' inquiry, for while Zambezi Sun looked beaten at the time, the rules in France are such that a disqualification seemed more likely with every passing minute.
The irony, of course, is that a state prosecution could have resulted in exactly the same outcome and just as effectively would have spoken for a majority of the people of Massachusetts.
It also allows people to effectively speak out on an issue long considered highly sensitive, and be recognized for their commitment to abandonment, while not drawing attention or creating stigma to those still practicing FGM/C.
This phenomenon gives, effectively speaking noise to our measurements.
Elsewhere Goytisolo effectively lets Sarajevo's horrors speak for themselves, with his portraits of snipers who take indiscriminate aim at women and children and of a man who shows tenderness for a starving kitten only to have it die from overeating.
"We're going to fully implement these laws, do them effectively and let the results speak for themselves," he said.
The challenge now is to determine how these commitments could be effectively incorporated into Parties' Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (UN speak for the countries' commitments to reducing emissions).
There is no limit to the amount of time MPs speak during a Private Member's Bill debate, which means if they speak for long enough they can effectively "talk out legislation" Tory MPs Christopher Chope, David Nuttall and Minister for Community and Social Care Alistair Burt also spoke for long periods, before the bell was run to signal the end of the debate.
Equally threatening to the continued existence of a unified Communion, the new group challenged the authority of the archbishop of Canterbury to speak for Anglicans worldwide, and followed up the Jerusalem gathering by effectively boycotting the Lambeth meeting.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson effectively separated the entire State Department from Trump's utterances when he said that the president "speaks for himself".
