Speaking of the present status of civil defense in the city, Mr. Hawksley said he would be willing to bet that not more than one person in a hundred would know what to do or where to go in the event of an enemy attack.

Speaking at the 2007 budget session, Peter Caruana, the Chief Minister said " The scale of Gibraltar's economic success makes it one of the most affluent communities in the entire world.

Speaking about the issue she said: " Elephants are one of my favourite animals and I love them.

Speaking in Lokoja, Nigerian President Umaru Yar ' Adua stated that the project would lead to " all-year-round navigability " on the River Niger and that he hoped that, by 2020, Nigeria would have become one of the twenty most industrialised nations in the world.

The Public Address events include Informative Speaking, Persuasive Speaking, Rhetorical Criticism, and After Dinner Speaking ; the Limited Preparation events include Impromptu Speaking and Extemporaneous Speaking ; and the interpretation events include Poetry, Prose, Dramatic Interpretation, Dramatic Duo Interpretation ( in which at least one dramatic piece is presented by two speakers working together ), Duo Interpretation ( in which two speakers present a scene or scenes from any source ), and Programmed Oral Interpretation ( in which speakers use material from multiple genres with a common theme ).

To be recognized as certified lay speakers, they must be recommended by their pastor and Church Council or Charge Conference, complete the basic course and one advanced lay speaking course, and be interviewed by the District or Conference Committee on Lay Speaking.

Speaking with Himmler and Heydrich on 25 October, Hitler said, " Let no one say to me we cannot send them into the swamp.

Speaking in favor of the deal, one commissioner pointed out that UPT had the cash to turn ABC into a viable, competitive third network.

" Speaking to Le Monde, one of his neighbors said, " He was a bit like us.

In 1967, one of his earliest successes was playing alongside Michael Hordern and Celia Johnson in the London production of Alan Ayckbourn's Relatively Speaking.

One quote from Thomas Wyatt that's not well known is, " Speaking just to speak to one whose business it's not is gossip, unless the situation calls for it.

" Speaking of the same encounter in a 2002 interview, Edward said, " She told me I would one day become internationally known for my psychic abilities through lectures, books, radio and TV.

" Speaking of the challenges involved with performing Hoggle, Brian Henson said that " five performers trying to get one character out of one puppet was a very tough thing.

The Koch Industries website includes an opinion piece from the Wall Street Journal by Charles Koch, one of the company's owners, " Why Koch Industries is Speaking Out.

Speaking at a Kiwanis club meeting, he met one Dr. Herald, with whose help he enrolled as a premedical student at Indiana University, where he lodged with Mrs. W. N.

Some such modifiers are standard and are not considered dangling modifiers: " Speaking of ," and " Trusting that this will put things into perspective ," for example, are commonly used to transition from one topic to a related one or for adding a conclusion to a speech.

* Speaking aloud ( talking to oneself ), reading aloud, repeating what one hears ; the additional activities of speaking and hearing ( in the third case of hearing again ) what one thinks, reads or hears may increase concentration and retention.

Physically Speaking, Q is times the ratio of the total energy stored divided by the energy lost in a single cycle or equivalently the ratio of the stored energy to the energy dissipated over one radian of the oscillation.

Speaking into the phone again and recognizing the caller, I resumed my everyday voice.

Speaking in a low voice of loathing she went up to the girl, who stood with the same upright, scornful bearing and did not even look at the knife.

Speaking in his Kentucky accent, with a very powerful voice, he said the Kansas Act had a " declared indifference, but as I must think, a covert real zeal for the spread of slavery.

Speaking specifically of Brand's considerable body of poetry, Italian academic and theorist Franca Bernabei writes in the preamble to Luce ostinata / Tenacious Light ( 2007 ), the Italian-English selected anthology of Brand's poetry, that " Brand's poetic production reveals a remarkable variety of formal-stylistic strategies and semantic richness as well as the ongoing pursuit of a voice and a language that embody her political, affective, and aesthetic engagement with the human condition of the black woman — and, more exactly, all those oppressed by the hegemonic program of modernity.

Speaking of her appointment, Zinta expressed hope to be " the voice for the voiceless " and bring about a " transformation in the minds of people " through collaborative work.

* 1864: in an attempt to give his musical automaton a voice, Innocenzo Manzetti invents the ' Speaking telegraph '.

* Peccata Mundi for Chorus, Orchestra, Speaking voice, Four tracks of tape ( 1972 / 76 ),

Speaking in his Kentucky accent, with a very powerful voice, he said the Kansas Act had a " declared indifference, but as I must think, a covert real zeal for the spread of slavery.

Speaking through an artificial voice box, Gargan became an activist and spokesman for the American Cancer Society, often warning about the dangers of smoking.

Speaking Simlish, Lawlor was the voice of numerous Sims in The Sims, The Sims Livin ' Large, The Sims: House Party, The Sims Makin ' Magic, The Sims 2, The Sims Life Stories, The Sims: Superstar, and SimCity 4.

Speaking voice: Zach Tyler Eisen ( Season 1 ) and Jake Goldberg ( Seasons 2-5 )

Speaking voice: Reginald Davis, Jr. ( Season 1 ), Jordan Coleman ( Seasons 2-3 ) and Chris Grant, Jr. ( Season 4 )

Speaking voice: LaShawn Tináh Jefferies ( Seasons 1-3 ) and Raven-Symone ( Season 4 )

Speaking voice: Jonah Bobo ( Seasons 1-4 )

Speaking with her mother, the central topic is Muriel ’ s young husband, Seymour, a World War II combat veteran recently discharged from an Army hospital, where he was presumably evaluated for psychiatric disorders.

Speaking of his wife, Desdemona, Othello the Moor says, " Her name that was as fresh / As Dian's visage, is now begrim'd and black / As mine own face.

Speaking about his retirement Rafalski said, " This was probably the most challenging season of my career, both physically, mentally and spiritually, but it was also the most rewarding and most blessed ... The decision was made between myself and my wife approximately two months ago.

Speaking about the autobiographical elements of the show, the writer jokes that he has to remember that his wife didn't leave him for an estate agent ; his wife was an estate agent.

In Plain Speaking, Miller quoted Truman as referring to General Douglas MacArthur as a " dumb-son-of-a-bitch " and quoted Truman as asserting that Dwight Eisenhower, his successor in the Oval Office, tried to divorce his wife Mamie in order to marry Kay Summersby, his English chauffeur and secretary during World War II.

Speaking of the future himself, Hobsbawm largely confines himself to predicting continued turmoil: " The world of the third millennium will therefore almost certainly continue to be one of violent politics and violent political changes.

The Speech and Performance Team is also a competitive group which has continued to develop and fine-tune their Forensics Speaking abilities throughout the years, with various events in Dramatic and Humorous Interpretation, Radio Speaking, Poetry Reading, and Oratorical Declamation.

The tradition was started in 1910, during a time of heightened interest in Public Speaking in Southern California, it has continued through the years, demonstrating to the Community the pride students have in the school.

* Speaking for the National Republicans for Environmental Protection Association, President Martha Marks said that the organization was disappointed in the bill: it did not give enough support to conservation, and continued to subsidize the well-established oil and gas industries that don't require subsidizing.