Minding Your Own Business Speaking Great Communicators Made
The article outlines how successful speakers share a skill set built rather than born, urging readers to study topics deeply, tailor to audiences, define themes, outline and refine, and practice. It stresses authentic storytelling, time discipline, measured humor, and audience engagement, plus joining Toastmasters for hands on improvement.
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Toastmasters Club
Toastmasters
Toastmasters.org
Toastmasters International
Jeff Slutsky
Michael Ann
Forgiving Things Away This Christmas
A reflective piece urges embracing forgiveness and forgetfulness this Christmas. It argues misunderstandings often cause hurt, calls for stepping back, choosing kindness, and giving gifts of forgiveness, thankfulness, understanding, and love to family and friends.
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Brownfield
Letter to the Editor Calls for Compassion for Dogs in Cold
A Brownfield reader laments exposed dogs in 12x12 wire pens or tied to trees with no food water or shelter amid cold winds. The letter urges dog owners to provide shelter and questions the ethics of leaving animals in such conditions during the season. Judy Childers signs the note urging readers to care.
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Brownfield
Judy Childers
State Capitol Highlights Faces Texas Policy Debates
State Sen. Rodney Ellis urged insurers to reveal policy sale locations to address redlining concerns amid a Texas Insurance Department dispute. A separate panel probes bingo halls for eight-liner machines cutting charitable proceeds, while Lt. Gov. Bullock prompts review of affirmative action policies. Grand jury indicts Estes and Kwong on tax evasion charges as Rep. Berlanga announces retirement and NationsBank expansion faces opposition. Gramm to chair Rylander’s comptroller campaign.
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Austin
Rodney Ellis
Houston
Senate Economic Development Committee
Ellis
Dallas Morning News
Charity Judah
Southwest Insurance Information Service
Dallas Cowboys
Carolina Panthers
Texas Department of Insurance
Texas Department of Public Safety
George W. Bush
Mike Pitcock
Texas Lottery Commission
Las Vegas
Pitcock
Bullock
Bob Bullock
U.S. Supreme Court
California
Texas
Bob Lanier
Gonzalo Barrientos
Teel Bivins
Ramarillo
Robert Duncan
Lubbock
Frank Madha
San Antonio
Bill Ratliff
Mount Pleasant
Lanier
Lyndell Williams
Ed Sterling
Texas Press Association
Estes
Billy Sol Estes
Brady
Mei Kwong
Brown County
Brownwood
Abilene
Texas Rangers
Texas Comptroller's Office
Association of Texas
NationsBank
Charlotte
N.C
Chris Williston
SBAT
U.S
Phil Gramm
Carole Keeton Rylander
Gramm
Rylander
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