But the winners at this year's Academy Awards were the most campaigning group in memory, delivering speeches that included heartfelt calls for women's rights, African-American civil rights, immigrant rights and gay rights.
Some other delegates, meanwhile, were skeptical that anything meaningful would emerge from the three days of news conferences and nearly nonstop speeches that included everyone from Nicolas Sarkozy, the president of France, to Denzil L. Douglas, the prime minister of St. Kitts and Nevis.
Mr. Dudley singled out manufacturing in a speech that included remarks on the jobs report.
Write a speech that includes specific examples to help the audience understand your points.
Elia responded with a four-and-a-half-minute speech that included about 50 profanities.
Not long ago, President Obama spoke out in favor of it, in a speech that included a shout-out for Boone.
Mr. Schaefer, president of Morgan Stanley's Individual Investor Group, had written a speech that included a few shots at Mr. Schwab and his company -- "Enough is enough, Chuck" was one.
And there is an excerpt from President John F. Kennedy's inauguration speech that includes the line "ask not what your country can do for you......
18 Europeans seem to feel that, with a speech that included searing criticism of Mr. Bush's administration, Mr. Kerry emerged from the convention a strengthened candidate, modestly bolstering their hopes that he could win the White House.
But he certainly sounded like a candidate at the opening reception Friday night, with a speech that included several barbs at Gov. George E. Pataki and that earned some of the evening's loudest applause.
