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Say It In Six Minutes a Study Of Public Orations
Bob Greene reviews a video collection Great American Speeches and a book Say It In Six arguing that the mass audience’s attention span shrank from long televised orations to six minutes. He notes pre TV era crowds listened intently, while modern TV news favors brief clips and asks if leaders like John L. Lewis could adapt by 2096.
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Alexandria
la Follette
Talmadge
Theodore Roosevelt
Huey Long
George S
John L. Lewis
Bob Dole
Bill Clinton
Dole
Clinton
Dick Morris
Saddam Hussein
Morris
Saddam
Campaig
Land
Itai
White House
Sherry Rowlands
Nyah
Travelgate
Vincent Foster
Gennifer Flowers
Paula Jones