Sentence examples for for two speeches from inspiring English sources
David Plouffe, who managed Mr. Obama's campaign in 2008 and joined the White House staff in January 2011, accepted the money from an affiliate of MTN Group, a South Africa-based telecommunications firm, for two speeches in Nigeria.
The latest three engagements to be declared are £85,396.24 from Citibank for two speeches, £34,109.14 from Black Rock, the investment firm, and £68,125.35 from Centerbridge Partners, a private investment firm.
Merrill Lynch gave Mr. Panetta $56,000 for two speeches in 2008, and Wachovia paid his standard fee of $28,000 for an appearance last October, according to financial disclosure forms Mr. Panetta submitted to the Office of Government Ethics.
For two speeches in Florida this week, Bill will earn about the same amount as the $190,000 cost of the gifts that the Clintons took from the White House -- a cheesy grab that dearly cost them in prestige.
The latest update to Osborne's entry in the MPs' register of financial interests (pdf) shows he expects to be paid £85,396.24 by Citi for two speeches, £34,109.14 by BlackRock and £68,125.35 by Centerbridge Partners.
Ronald Reagan was excoriated for taking $2 million for two speeches in Japan, at a time when the United States was locked in economic battle with his hosts; George H. W. Bush's association with the Carlyle Group was held up to ridicule in Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11"; and Bill Clinton has been lambasted for extracting eye-popping fees, sometimes $350,000 a speech.
Similar results were found for two speech-related items, (understanding a conversation with one person and following a conversation with three persons), where scores of importance were very close to 4.00 but few people rated these as difficult.
The investment bank Goldman Sachs paid her $675,000 for three speeches.
In 1999, he made only $48,000 for three speeches and in 1998 he received $50,000 for three speeches.
In 1998, he got $50,000 for three speeches and $24,000 for his autobiography.
Disclosure forms show $1,327,190 in revenue for ninety-six speeches given between 2008 and May, 2013.
