Breckinridge's three-hour speech was primarily defensive; his moderate tone was designed to win votes in the north but risked losing Southern support to Bell.

Some officials here said they interpreted certain passages in Mr. Gorbachev's three-hour speech last Monday as an indirect response to the Proxmire letter.

"Europe", for him, means lost votes in the Commons, Tory splits and three-hour speeches by Bill Cash.

Rising in opposition to the amendment on March 9, 1826, Everett delivered a three-hour speech in which he generally opposed the need to amend the Constitution.

Lincoln's three-hour speech presented thorough moral, legal and economic arguments against slavery, and set the stage for Lincoln's political future.

Benjamin F. Butler opened for the prosecution with a three-hour speech reviewing historical impeachment trials, going back to King John of England.

Baker refuted Benjamin's argument in a three-hour speech a day later.

Mr. Farrakhan, standing in front of a golden cross and pipe organs, delivered a three-hour speech, talking about everything from Jesus and Mohammed to America and race.

If your taste runs to three-hour speeches, chiseling away at democracy and a world-class personality cult, Mr. Chávez is your man.

At Hamilton's prompting, George McDuffie made a three-hour speech in Charleston demanding nullification of the tariff at any cost.