I do hope that at last we are moving on from speech to action in the area of language policy also.

It's from a speech made the other day in Congress.

And certainly, he has something to gain from his speech.

Commissioner, I would have expected a little more from your speech.

So new questions can be asked: What words are being used from earlier speeches?

The first is from a 1996 speech to the new members of the Senate about its history and traditions.

"From your speech, I'd guess you were on the other one."

He did the decent thing, and dropped them from his speech.

The only alternative energy to emerge from his speech was hot air.

But he then decided not to take the party job because it would have meant giving up income from speeches and writing.