Most speakers need help, and sweeping modernisation, some long overdue, has taken place on his watch.
Seeking to play down Mr. Gephardt's absence, Mr. From insisted that most speakers here were state and local officials.
Most speakers mentioned "hard times" and expressed hope that this year's award ceremony would not be the last, even though they knew that it most likely was.
Unlike a similar service two years ago for Gov. Mel Carnahan of Missouri, who was eulogized by then-President Clinton after his campaign plane crashed, most speakers tonight were friends and relatives of the dead.
The halls are packed with venture capitalists looking for deals, entrepreneurs explaining their business plans and representatives from big companies trying to make sense of it all.When Loïc Le Meur, a French entrepreneur, started LeWeb in 2005, it attracted only 250 participants and most speakers were American.
It is the second language for most speakers, acquired rather early and in a natural language environment (e.g., as the language of instruction in school, or in everyday communication between speakers of different languages in one country).
Despite inter-speaker variability in the self-ratings, it is safe to assume that all speakers had an above-average proficiency level in Min, as none of the speakers self-rated herself as lower than 4, and most speakers self-rated themselves as 5 or above.
Most speakers touched on both themes, and the few who were suspected of moderation on either issue were booed.
For instance, while the vocabulary of English includes an elaborate set of so-called absolute directionals (words such as north and southwest), most speakers seldom use these terms for orientation, preferring vocabulary that is relative to a local context (such as downhill or left).
Yet most speakers steered away from social issues near and dear to many Iowa evangelicals.
