Last month, about 17,000 people filed into McCormick Place, a convention center in Chicago, where Mrs. Clinton, in prepared remarks, talked about health care changes, as well as border security and immigration.
Asked on his way into the meeting what he intended to say, Mr. Bush remarked: "Talk about having a civil tone of discourse and talk about having an agenda that deals with education reform, Medicare and tax reform.
Hitler remarks, when talking about his dog: "I can never discipline her, that's the problem.
Mr. Holt, an astrophysicist, began his remarks by talking about the ways he is not Mr. Booker, selling himself instead as a "teacher, scientist, and a dedicated progressive through and through".
They haunted Mr. Bush in Denver on Tuesday when he spoke at a fund-raising dinner for Colorado Republicans and suddenly, in the middle of his remarks, began talking about his interest in "vampire-busting devices".
Mr. Cosby said yesterday that what was left out of those comments, first reported by The Associated Press and The Washington Post, was that he began his remarks by talking about what he said was a 50percentt high school dropout rate among poor blacks.
Mr. McConnell, who is up for re-election this year, offered the lead-in to the remarks by talking about the war in Iraq and what Republicans perceive as the Democratic candidates' weaknesses on national security.
The Masters chairman, Billy Payne, spent a significant portion of his prepared remarks last week talking about the club's focus on the need to reach out to countries and regions that fit the profile for golf expansion.
Winfield said the remark about talking down to black people was what seemed newsworthy to him, while the vulgarity did not seem important enough to make an exception to stringent Times standards.
Don't be self-deprecating or complain right away; open with a positive remark, like talking about how great your local sports team is doing (if you think that person likes sports) or how much you love the bar or restaurant where you find yourself.
