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  • 1speech — [spēch] n. [ME speche < OE spæc, spræc < base of sprecan, to speak: see SPEAK] 1. the act of speaking; expression or communication of thoughts and feelings by spoken words 2. the power or ability to speak 3. the manner of speaking [her… …

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  • 2speech — 1 *language, tongue, dialect, idiom 2 Speech, address, oration, harangue, lecture, talk, sermon, homily designate a discourse delivered to an audience. Speech can apply to a public discourse irrespective of its quality or its degree of… …

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  • 3speech — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Oral communication Nouns 1. speech, talk, faculty of speech; locution, parlance, expression, vernacular, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle; effusion, discourse; soliloquy;… …

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  • 4Set speech — Set Set (s[e^]t), a. 1. Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance. [1913 Webster] 2. Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices. [1913 Webster] 3. Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set… …

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  • 5Checkers speech — Senator Richard Nixon delivers the Checkers speech Date September 23, 1952 Time 6:30 p.m. Location Los Angeles, California …

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  • 6The United States of America —     The United States of America     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America     BOUNDARIES AND AREA     On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …

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  • 7Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzenberg —     Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzenberg     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzenberg     Cardinal and Prince Archbishop of Prague, b. at Vienna, 6 April, 1809; d. there, 27 March, 1885. Son of Prince Joseph John Schwarzenberg… …

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  • 8Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …

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  • 9Peoples Temple in San Francisco — The Peoples Temple was an organization best known for the purported mass suicide of over 900 of its members in Jonestown, the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a non natural disaster until the incidents of September 11, 2001.… …

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  • 10Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous — Infobox Film name = Voyage au pays des nouveaux gourous caption = Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus , 2004 director = Karima Tabti producer = France 3, Elise Lucet, Herve Brusini writer = Pièces à Conviction (Incriminating Evidence) (French… …

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