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 Whistling 
 Orangutan 
 Surprises 
 Scientists  

Her talent may help explain how human speech evolved

Feb 21, 09 8:24 AM CST
(Newser) - An orangutan at Washington's National Zoo has pleased her caretakers with a unique skill—she's taken up whistling. Researchers have previously taught apes to do so, but Bonnie is different in that she started on her own, apparently by mimicking zookeepers, NPR reports. (She also imitates workers sweeping floors and... More »

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evolution • Washington DC • apes • orangutans • speech • National Zoo • whistling

Obama:
I'll Move Fast
on Stimulus

Passage is 'major milestone,' he says in weekly radio address

Feb 14, 09 10:02 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama pledged quick action on the stimulus package after it passed the Senate last night, calling it “a major milestone on our road to recovery,” Reuters reports. “I will sign this legislation into law shortly, and we'll begin making the immediate investments necessary to put people... More »

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partisanship • speech • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - If anyone has a right to be tired of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, it's writer and producer David Grubin. As a sixth-grader, he had to write it out 100 times or so—his teacher's favorite form of punishment. The actual words meant little to him as a 12-year-old, but their... More »

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Gettysburg • Abraham Lincoln • Civil War • speech

OPINION

 Krauthammer: 
 Obama Doesn't 
 Need Your Adulation 

Speech a 'stunning exercise in lowering expectations'

Jan 23, 09 8:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s inaugural address was a demonstration of his most striking quality: His utter lack of neediness. The speech so abandoned his trademark soaring rhetoric, so failed to excite or inspire, that it had to be a deliberate strategy, writes Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post. “... More »

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Barack Obama • speech • Charles Krauthammer • inaugural address

 China Censors 
 Obama Speech 

President's inclusion of communism as defeated ideology irks government

Jan 21, 09 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Chinese censors clipped parts of Barack Obama’s inaugural address from yesterday’s live telecast, including his message for the world’s despots, the New York Times reports. The streaming audio translation was muted after Obama said “communism” in a sentence about using alliances and enduring conviction to defeat... More »

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China • censorship • speech • inauguration • Internet censorship • President Obama • Inauguration Day

OPINION

 Writers Hail 
 Message From 
 a 'Prince' 

Inaugural address praised as masterful use of language

Jan 21, 09 4:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's inaugural address showed a literary mastery of language, assorted authors tell the Los Angeles Times. The president's plain speaking and restraint is commended, along with his use of "we" instead of "I." Author Ted Wilmer hails the president's use of "tight language, short sentences... More »

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Barack Obama • writing • Malcolm Gladwell • author • speech • inauguration • President Obama • Inauguration Day

OPINION

Obama Speech Bodes Well for the Constitution

Inaugural address may hint at a more respectful administration

Jan 20, 09 6:40 PM CST
(Newser) - All presidents swear to uphold the Constitution when they take the oath of office, but John Nichols is pleased that Obama went further than that in his inaugural address today, he writes for the Nation. Invoking Ben Franklin, Obama rejected “as false the choice between our safety and ideals,... More »

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Barack Obama • Constitution • speech • inauguration • George W. Bush • Ben Franklin • President Obama

OPINION Roundup

 Obama's Speech a 'Home Run' 

Right/left praise speech

Jan 20, 09 2:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The early reviews are in from Barack Obama’s inauguration address, and the news is positive. Here’s what the critics are saying:
  • At the National Review, Michael Knox Beran thought the speech was a “home run.” It predictably had “a few lines at which
... More »

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Barack Obama • speech • inauguration • opinion • President Obama • inaugural address

ANALYSIS

What Obama Must Do in
His Inaugural Address

As daughter Malia puts it, 'better be good'

Jan 20, 09 9:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has a reputation as a great orator, so most are expecting a soaring and eloquent inaugural address today. But Obama’s speech can’t just be pretty, writes Tom Brune in Newsday. “He has work to do.” Obama must:
  • Define the moment: Specifically,
... More »

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Barack Obama • speech • inauguration • financial crisis • President Obama • inaugural address

 What the Concert 
 Cameras Missed 

Rooftop snipers, the vice president sprinting, Denzel in action, and more

Jan 19, 09 12:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Yesterday’s all-star concert on the National Mall put the super in supergroup, but the HBO broadcast didn’t catch everything. Here’s some of what went down off-camera, as seen by Jada Yuan of New York:
  • Black-clad Secret Service snipers trolled the Lincoln Memorial’s rooftop, packing binocs
... More »

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Barack Obama • HBO • celebrity • concert • speech • inauguration • President Obama • Inauguration Day

Obama's Inaugural Speech
to Urge Responsibility

Government, banks, citizens must do their part to fix US

Jan 19, 09 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s inaugural speech will highlight the need  for responsibility—among government, financial institutions, and the citizenry, the Washington Post reports as the incoming press secretary described what we can expect in tomorrow. “We need more responsibility and accountability, certainly, in the way our government acts,” Robert... More »

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Barack Obama • social responsibility • corporate responsibility • speech • inauguration • President Obama • Inauguration Day

(Newser) - President Bush made his farewell address to the nation tonight, acknowledging "setbacks" and the wish to do some things differently but insisting that he "always acted with the best interests of our country in mind." The president—who said he had always followed his conscience and "... More »

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Bush legacy • history • speech • George W. Bush

(AP) - President Bush will take the spotlight one last time in a farewell address Thursday that the administration is billing as a chance to reflect on his presidency and pass the torch to Barack Obama. Bush will deliver the speech, expected to run 10-15 minutes, from the ornate East Room of... More »

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Bush administration • Bush legacy • speech • George W. Bush

Clinton Collected $500K From Japanese Firm for...Nothing?

Pricey non-speech could raise difficult questions for Hillary

Jan 13, 09 5:38 AM CST
(Newser) - The Senate panel considering Hillary Clinton's secretary of state nomination today may ask why her husband's most expensive speech was one he never gave, the Los Angeles Times reports. Clinton received $500,000—double what he received for other speeches on the same tour—for the canceled speech he was... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • confirmation hearings • speech • conflict of interest • Clinton Foundation

OPINION

 Obama's Contagious Calm 
 Keeps Us Cool 

Prez-elect presents smooth-sailing image

Jan 9, 09 12:59 PM CST
(Newser) - How is it that Barack Obama’s warnings of impending doom manage to console, rather than panic, the nation? First, he’s contagiously calm, “more deliberate in his speech patter than John Wayne in a firefight,” writes Jack Shafer in Slate. The president-elect adopts a paternal tone when... More »

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Barack Obama • speech • economy • President Obama

OPINION

Get Behind President—but Don't Idolize Him: Noonan

Speaking truth to power, not getting tongue-tied, more important now than ever

Jan 9, 09 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - When Barack Obama spoke of his stimulus plan yesterday, he did it with authenticity and optimism, saying Americans could and would fix this mess. Peggy Noonan agrees. “This is not a nation of 300 million people on a morphine drip,” she writes in the Wall Street Journal. Noonan... More »

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Barack Obama • speech • economic stimulus package • Peggy Noonan • economy

(Newser) - Barack Obama went for the hard sell today, making the case for his huge stimulus plan. “I don't believe it's too late to change course,” Obama said in a speech at George Mason University, “but it will be if we don't take dramatic action as soon as... More »

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Barack Obama • speech • economic stimulus package • financial crisis • President Obama

Bloomberg: Um, Lay Off Caroline, You Know?

Hizzoner empathizes with Kennedy's
speech issues

Dec 31, 08 1:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Caroline Kennedy’s speech has been, um, you know, attacked mercilessly in recent days, but Michael Bloomberg says that’s because Kennedy is unfairly scrutinized more than other, you know, candidates. “Caroline Kennedy isn’t just your average person, so people may be a little more critical,” the... More »

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Congress • Senate • Michael Bloomberg • speech • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • talking

ANALYSIS

 Caroline's 
 Like, Um, No 
 Word Whiz 

Interview stumbles raise flags about Kennedy's political speaking skills

Dec 30, 08 4:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Caroline Kennedy needs to, you know, work on her speaking skills if she is to have a future in politics, experts tell the New York Daily News. In a recent half-hour interview with the News, Kennedy said "you know" over 200 times. Other interviews also contained scores of... More »

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Congress • Senate • New York • speech • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • talking

At 27, Favreau's Writing Speech of a Generation

Obama's top writer puts away videogames for Inaugural address

Dec 18, 08 9:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Writing the inaugural address of an epochal president known for his oratory would be a daunting job for anyone, but 27-year-old Jon Favreau had to ditch his roomies and videogames in Chicago to do it for Barack Obama, reports the Washington Post. “If you start thinking about what's at... More »

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Barack Obama • speech • acceptance speech • Jon Favreau

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