Frederick Jelinek, who headed the speech program at I.B.M. for two decades until 1993, was an advocate for statistical methods, but the linguists on his team resisted.
Mr. Obama headed into the speech in surprisingly good political shape, given the drubbing Democrats took in the November elections.
Merkel, whose warm welcome contrasted with the low-key reception for the French president, François Hollande, at last month's Anglo-French summit at RAF Brize Norton, headed after her speech to Downing Street for a brief meeting with Nick Clegg.
Then he asked the people of New Hampshire, where he was headed for a speech, to understand his disheveled appearance.
Perhaps even more surprising for the casual M.J. fan is the clear-headed speech he delivered, in 2002, to a majority-black crowd, at Al Sharpton's National Action Network, in Harlem.
There's a great bit where, in one of the album's many interludes, Knowles' mum Tina delivers a brilliant, clear-headed speech on how celebrating blackness isn't anti-white that segues straight into Don't Touch My Hair ("... when it's the feelings I wear"), a Sampha-assisted soft electro-funk throb that nails the reclamation of black identity.
Shortly after the speech, he headed, in a Presidential chopper, to the airport in Zurich, where Air Force One was waiting to fly him back to Washington.
Moments after Mr. Bush finished his speech and headed to the Roosevelt Room for lunch with his senior staff, Mr. bin Laden's visage appeared on screens throughout the West Wing.
While he arrived in Massachusetts on a chartered jet provided for an appearance on "Meet the Press" on NBC, two days before his speech, he headed back to Illinois on a $285 ticket on ATA Airlines.
After his speech, Yiannopoulos headed to the perimeter of the park to sign autographs.
Trump wrapped up his speech and headed to Fox News for a live interview.
