In the classic crime novel, characters are defined by their speech, which can be terse (Jim Thompson, whose dialogue was so brittle it snapped) or self-consciously slangy (Hammett).
The Wyss' speech, which can be seen in the video below, was delivered by Operations Director Mary Tolikas, Administrative Director Ayis Antoniou, and Communications Team members Seth Kroll, Benjamin Boettner, and Max Rousseau.
Most after-dinner speakers will back themselves to make a good speech, which can be a source of satisfaction in itself.
This post is one of a series to mark the 50th anniversary of Harold Wilson's "white heat" speech, which can be found in full here.
This post is one of a series to mark the 50th anniversary of Harold Wilson's speech, which can be found in full here.
Neither of these styles of speech, which can be transcendent in other contexts, engenders the vigorous, clear-eyed analysis that the Celtic Tiger deserves.
Mr. Cuomo's speech, which can be watched in the player above, focused on economic development issues, including the expansion of casino gambling, and on increased accountability for the state's public school system.
For example, the manic phase is often characterized by hyperactivity, which can be measured by an accelerometer and with a GPS device, by rapid speech, which can be monitored by speech analysis and by frequent conversations, which can be monitored through phone records.
Or machines that can understand human speech, which can be used in sophisticated voice recognition software or for systems that translate languages in real-time.
Meanwhile, it's building a massive database of accented-English speech, which can be used to improve its system and other speech recognition systems.
