"We used to have a flight from La Guardia to J.F.K.," Mrs. Gross says from her home in East Northport, N.Y., speed talking, which one senses is not atypical.
During a four-minute speed talk for which she won best in show, Ms. Attwood explained that 43 percent of the world's amphibian species are in decline because of the chytrid fungus and other factors like pollution and habitat loss.
(It is two of his friends shooting up speed, talking, laughing, and drinking soda).
She was happy with her consolation hug from Howard, though honestly, I thought her speed talking was pretty cool.
I could hear myself speed-talking: "But Americans!
When he talks to me, I have the habit of stuttering or speed-talking, using way too many words.
They incorporate music into their presentations and use spoken word and poetry rather than the breathless speed-talking that is common among top collegiate debaters.
Mr. Obama gave no hint of rancor and remained pleasant, respectful and good-humored, but he did adjust his pace and wording to suit his speed-talking host.
We meet the feuding clan of speed-talking pitchmen who gave us the Pocket Fisherman, Hair in a Can, and other it-slices -it-dices! contraptit-slices -it-dices
Imagine Ernest Hemingway giving a reading of "A Farewell to Arms" in a thick Cajun accent, or in the manner of a speed-talking auctioneer.
By contrast, he will have to speed-talk his way through his most important achievement: the passage of universal health care, a goal that has eluded every President who has tried since Harry Truman.
