At four public hearings this month, the overwhelming majority of speakers -- residents and local officials alike -- were opposed to the sites in their neighborhoods.
Little was off-limits, as the majority of speakers related tales of racing mishaps and Mr. Shelby's reputation to sue first, ask questions later.
It was so refreshing to see a majority of speakers trenchantly and unapologetically making the case against austerity, in the teeth of an orthodoxy that has prevailed for far too long, notably in the broadcast media.
"You have 100-120 people show up at a meeting to tell you how upset they are with this project," said one resident, Mark Freda, who seemed to express the sentiment of the majority of speakers.
The large majority of speakers at the General Assembly have stressed that any campaign on terrorism must also include an assault on its causes, while the American tendency has been to focus solely on eradicating terror organizations.
In Britain, this week's debate on Cif coincided with another in the House of Lords in which a majority of speakers called for an inquiry into the UK government's pre-war discussions.
Although a majority of speakers opposed the hospital's plans, many in the auditorium extolled the care at St . Vincents, and the Manhattan borough president, Scott M. Stringer, said the institution "has a state mandate to serve as the West Side's primand theuManhattan".
Further, the large majority of speakers' gestures changed in their form.
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However, the majority of speakers are related only to a particular news and account to only a short duration.
