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Source: Springer Date: April 25, 2007 The Power Of Speaking Ladylike Science Daily — Does gender make a difference in the way politicians speak and are spoken to? This is the question posed in a new study¹ by Dr. Carmelia Suleiman and Daniel O’Connell from Florida International University published this week in the Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. The study of transcripts of three television and two radio interviews of Bill and Hillary Clinton provided Suleiman with a unique opportunity to study perspectives of two politicians and their interviewers and whether or not they were affected by gender. Conventional wisdom on...

IMHO (in my humble opinion) NOOSE TIGHTENING © by Norman Liebmann In my humble opinion, George Bush signed the bill authorizing the building of that impregnable fence between the U.S. and Mexico. Now, all he has to do is make up his mind which side of the chicken wire he wants to be on. In the meantime, we should equip the Border Patrol with Flit sprays to delouse illegal aliens sneaking into the U.S. In my humble opinion, the much-parroted phrase “fair and balanced” has become a national earache. In my humble opinion, we applaud Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin Zone....