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Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan also had great phrasing; George W. Bush does not.
To judge from endemic protests at even slightly outré productions, and incessant on-line and in-lobby grousings, too many Americans are convinced that opera should be just a sensuous bath in vocal timbre and the emotional urgency a great voice and great phrasing can convey; for them, theatrical meaning or vibrancy, let alone modern-day reinterpretation, is an alien intrusion.
While "there was" isn't on anybody's list of great phrasing, and I myself am constantly astounded by how often the insidious word "way" will worm its (well) way into narrative, and good dialogue is rarely helped by such adjectival crutches as in "he said bitterly/helpfully/insipidly/etc.," these are mere details to be worked on.
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