"That's an excellent prescreened question, but before I give you my stock answer I'd like to try to disarm everyone with a carefully rehearsed joke."
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politics, politician, politicians, debate, debates, political debate, political debates, speech, speeches, presentation, presentations, election, elections, public speaking, public debate, public debates, pre-screen question, pre-screened questions, question, questions, stock answer, stock answers, answer, answers, rehearse, rehearsal, rehearsals, rehearsed, joke, jokes, candidate, candidates, political candidate, political candidates, debating, podium, podiums, audience, auditorium, auditoriums, stage, stages, presidential candidate, presidential candidates, presidential election, presidential elections, campaign, campaigns, political, prepared, preparation, preparations, disarm"But, hey, what is 'recession' but a word? And the same goes for 'money,' right? And how about 'human beings'?"
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recession, recessions, the recession, double dip recession, politician, politicians, fake news, untrustworthy, human right, human rights, human right issues, inhuman, dehumanising, political jargon, political buzzword, political buzzwords, economy, the economy, austerity, cover-up, cover up, lie, lying, liar, liars, speech, speeches, political speech, political speeches, bending the truth, fake facts, fake facts, bend the truth, economical with the truth, economics, cuts, cut back, cut backs, cut-back, cutbacks, public spending, public spending cut, public spending cuts"In case of a loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will drop down in front of you for two dollars."
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airline, airlines, airplane, airplanes, aeroplane, aeroplanes, flying, stewardess, stewardesses, host, hostess, air, oxygen, oxygen mask, oxygen masks, mask, masks, loss of cabin pressure, cabin, cabins, emergency, safety, safety precautions, safety precaution, take-off, speech, presentation, passenger, passengers, dollar, dollars, money, nickel-and-dime, nickel and dime, overcharge, overcharging, charge for everything, pay, cost, costs, costs of flying, cost of flying"Polly want to abandon speaking of herself in the third person."
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writer, writers, novel, novella, novels, novel writing, poem, poet, poetry, poets, poetic, literature, literary, word play, play on words, ironic, irony, author, authors, authored, book, books, book lover, writing, should be writing, you should be writing, manuscript, artistic, artist, artists, art, arts, culture, cultured, writer's block, bookworm, book worm, bookworms, book worms, novel, novels, library, librarians, librarian, literature, literary, lit, lit major, read, reading, avid reader, readers, reader, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, linguistic, linguistics, language, speech, speak, speaking, parrot, parrots, third person, 3rd, 3rd person, pov, point of view, polly wants a"Midnight already? Zounds! My wife will heap contumely upon my head!"
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ye olde pub, ye olde bar, ye olde, language, linguist, linguists, linguistic change, linguistic changes, speech, speeches, archaic, late, get home late, getting home late, wife, wives, pub, pubs, bar, bars, bartender, bartenders, bartending, late for dinner, tardy, tardiness, run late, runs late, running late, insult, insults, insulting, yell, yells, yelling, shout, shouts, shouting, in trouble, getting in trouble"My platform is very simple--less talk and more music."
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politics, politician, politicians, government, governments, election, elections, election campaign, elections campaigns, campaign, campaign, political, platform, platforms, promises, promise, speech, speeches, simple, simplistic, music, less, more, talk, talking, sound bite, sound bites, musician, musicians, running for office, modern life"My platform can be summarized in a single word: Leadership!"
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farming, herding, speeches, sheep, shepherd, shepherds, campaign, campaigns, campaign speech, campaign speeches, political campaign, political campaigns, leader, leaders, leadership, leadership quality, leadership qualities, party platform, party platforms, leader, leaders, leading, speech, speeches, mankoff"Senator, the American people, whom you often mention in your speeches, would like a word with you."
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politics, politician, politicians, senator, senators, representative, representatives, political, speech, speeches, campaign, campaigns, election, elections, voting, vote, votes, voter, voters, constituent, constituents, constituency, people, crowd, crowds, united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., america, american, americans, washington, american people, receptionist, receptionists, secretary, secretaries, assistant, assistants, office, offices"He has some final words he wants to say, Nurse. Send in his speechwriters."
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death, dying, palliative care, nurse, doctor, doctors, medical, medicine, last words, final words, dying words, politics, politician, politicians, speech, speeches, speechwriter, speechwriters, writing, government, governments, writer, writers, spin doctor, spin doctors, spokesperson, spokespeople, celebrity, celebrities, famous, p.r., public relations, pr, publicist, publicists, official, modern life"Catherine would like to share some holiday thoughts with us on the subject of gender-neutral toys."
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gender neutral, holiday, holidays, christmas, christmas season, holiday season, dinner, dinners, politically correct, political correctness, speech, speeches, liberal, liberals, address, addresses, addressing, christmas dinner, christmas dinners, xmas, x-mas, pc, pc culture, politically correct culture, pray, prays, praying, prayer, prayers, modern life, modern times"I have a brief statement, a clarification, and two denials."
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press conference, press conferences, media, press, reporters, reporter, podium, podiums, stand, stands, microphone, microphones, spokesman, spokesmen, spokesperson, spokespeople, politician, politicians, politics, government, governments, bureaucracy, business, businesses, company, companies, corporation, corporations, speech, speeches, statement, statements, comment, comments, clarification, clarifications, denial, denials, dishonest, dishonesty, ethics, unethical, scandal, scandals, psychology"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your money."
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history, historical, rome, ancient romans, ancient rome, roman, romans, roman empire, ancient, friend, friends, countrymen, countryman, lend me your swords, lend me your money, money, tax, taxes, taxation, paying taxes, finances, politician, politicians, speech, speeches, politics, government, governments, orator, orators, political speech, political speeches, bailout, bailouts, cliche, cliches, catch phrase, catch phrases, catchphrase, catchphrases, big government, tax and spend, taxing and spending, greed, government greed, stimulus, stimulus package, bailout, bailouts, bailing out, bailed out, tax office, irs, internal revenue service"To my wife of fifteen years —arguably the best of my many perks."
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relationship, relationships, marriage, married, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, couple, couples, men, man, woman, women, anniversary, anniversaries, leisure, perk, perks, toast, toasting, raise a glass, speech, speeches, celebrate, celebrations, ego, egotistical, egocentric"Let me tell you, folks—I've been around long enough to develop an instinct for these things, and my client is innocent or I'm very much mistaken."
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court, courts, courtroom, courtrooms, trial, trials, legal system, justice system, law, laws, legal, judge, judges, lawyer, lawyers, counselor, counselors, counsellors, counsellors, attorney, attorneys, solicitor, solicitors, barrister, barristers, legal counsel, defence, defense, client, clients, defendant, defendants, jury, juries, speech, speeches, instinct, instincts, innocent, guilty, mistake, mistakes, error, errors"Look, I'm no scientist, and I may not know what 'consensus' means, but I think we should all start eating coal."
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politics, politician, politicians, political, political leader, political leaders, government, governments, press conference, press, press conferences, science, global warming, climate change, election, elections, speech, speeches, public speaking, debate, debates, ignorant, ignorance, coal, charcoal, pollution, pollutants, pollutant, republican, republicans, conservative, conservatives, gop, denial, in denial"Must you use those three-by-five cards every time we have a discussion?"
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, argument, arguments, arguing, fight, fights, fighting, conflict, conflicts, discussion, discussions, discussing, card, cards, prompt cards, speech cards, prompts, talking points, speaking points, presentation, presentations, prepared, presenter, presenters, speech, speeches, prepare speech, prepared speeches, memory, bad memory, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, over the hill, over-the-hill, politician, politicians"Preparing to Cross the Alps: Hannibal's Address to his Elephants
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history, historical, ancient, rome, roman, romans, roman empire, carthage, carthaginian, hannibal, second punic war, crossing the alps, animal, animals, elephant, elephants, pachyderm, pachyderms, african, africans, problem, problems, speech, speeches, address, addresses, addressing, speaking, army, armies, war, wars, military, military strategy, military strategies, understand, understanding, encouragement, encouraging, inspiration, inspirational, inspiring, nothing to lose"This happy breed of men, this little world, this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this east end of Long Island!"
"And, finally, to my wife, my love and appreciation for her understanding and critical insights, without whom this project would never have been accomplished."
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neanderthal, neanderthals, cavemen, caveman, cave men, cave man, cave dweller, cave dwellers, prehistoric man, early man, stone age, the stone age, archaeology, archaeologist, archaeologists, cave painting, cave paintings, lascaux, translate, translator, translators, translating, speech, speeches, award ceremony, awards ceremonies, acknowledgement, acknowledgements"Foursquare and several beers ago..."
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gettysburg address, the gettysburg address, abraham lincoln, lincoln, former president, former presidents, monumental act, farsighted, longsighted, far farsightedness, longsightedness, far sighted, long sighted, four score and seven years ago, speech, speeches, famous speech, famous speeches, reading glasses, gettysburg national cemetery, the civil war, american civil war, battle of gettysbury"Could my client be innocent? Probably not. My point is it's interesting to think about."
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court, courts, courtroom, courtrooms, trial, trials, legal system, justice system, judge, judges, lawyer, lawyers, counselor, counselors, counsellors, counsellors, attorney, attorneys, solicitor, solicitors, barrister, barristers, legal counsel, innocent, innocence, guilty, jury, juries, client, clients, defense, defence, defendant, defendants, speech, speeches, interesting point, interesting points, think, consider, probably, likely"But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. Only Disney can do that."
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