Vital Speeches of the Day articles from April 1995

Vital Speeches of the Day archives from April 1995

Bosnia. (Secretary of Defense William Perry)(Transcript)
April 15, 1995... By WILLIAM PERRY, United States Secretary of Defense Delivered as the 100th Landon Lecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, March 9, 1995 WE MUST STAY THE COURSE Life is about choices. The playwright Arthur Miller once wrote,...

The Communications Act: our children are the public interest. (Annenberg Washington Program Director Newton N. Minow)(Transcript)
April 15, 1995... By NEWTON N. MINOW, Director, The Annenberg Washington Program Delivered before the Children Now Conference, Stanford University, Stanford, California, March 2, 1995 Before we think of our children's future, let us reflect for a few...

The emerging market countries: the former third world. (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace Research Fellow George Marotta)(Transcript)
April 15, 1995... By GEORGE MAROTTA, Research Fellow, Stanford's Hoover Institution Delivered before the Financial Planning Forum of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California, January 24, 1995 We all know a person like this. A young father starts his day when his...

The firefighters legacy: duty and sacrifice. (Georgetown University professor James V. Schall)(Transcript)
April 15, 1995... By JAMES V. SCHALL, Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University Delivered as an Address to the Fifth Annual Symposium on Public Monuments, The Public Monuments Conservancy, Rockefeller Center, New York, New York, March 21,...

The new American revolution: a recommitment to the needs of our children. (Fortune Magazine Publisher Emeritus and 'The New American Revolution' co-founder James B. Hayes)(Transcript)
April 15, 1995... By JAMES B. HAYES, Co-founder of "The New American Revolution" and Publisher Emeritus of Fortune Magazine Delivered at the Town Hall Los Angeles Public Issues Forum, Los Angeles Public Issues Forum, Los Angeles, California, February 1, 1995...

Turning the corner on crime. (professional baseball player Steve Sax)(Transcript)
April 15, 1995... COPS, COURTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY By STEVE SAX, Professional Baseball Player Delivered at the Annual Awards Banquet of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, Sacramento, California, February 21, 1995 Thank you very much, Sheriff...

The importance of education in today's America: comprehending and understanding the written word. (American University Research Professor and Drew Dawn Enterprises Pres. Benjamin H. Alexander)(Transcript)
April 15, 1995... By BENJAMIN H. ALEXANDER, President, Drew Dawn Enterprises, Inc., and Research Professor, The American University Delivered before the District of Columbia Council of Engineering and architectural Societies, Inc., Washington, D.C., February...

2001: a retailing odyssey: confronting the consumer of the 21st century. (WSL Marketing Pres. Wendy Liebman)(Transcript)
April 15, 1995... By WENDY LEIBMANN, President, WSL Marketing, Inc. Delivered before a Meeting of Retail Executives Sponsored by Clairol, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 27, 1995 I was asked to speak to you today about consumer trends. That's sometimes a...

A new conservative internationalist foreign policy: American purpose has drifted. (Heritage Foundation Pres. Edwin J. Feulner, Jr.)(Transcript)
April 15, 1995... By EDWIN J. FEULNER, JR., President of The Heritage Foundation Delivered before the Windsor Group Conference, Pultusk, Poland, November 12, 1994 Whenever I give a speech somewhere, I always say I'm delighted to be there - and I usually am...

Ambition is not a "right"; opportunity made the most of. (Omega Group Chmn. John F. Budd, Jr.)(Transcript)
April 15, 1995... By JOHN F. BUDD, JR., Chairman of the Omega Group Delivered at Avon Old Farms School in the Barnes Group Lectures, Avon, Connecticut, December 1, 1994 Tribal custom of speakers since time immemorial obliges me to deny the flattery (of the...

The United States and the United Nations: confrontation or consensus? (US representative to the UN Madeline K. Albright)(Transcript)
April 1, 1995... By MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT, Permanent Representative from the United States to the United Nations Delivered before the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., January 26, 1995 Good evening. It is great to be here among so many...

Advertising and the interactive age: a polite wake-up call. (Bell Atlantic Corp. Chairman Raymond W. Smith speech)(Transcript)
April 1, 1995... By RAYMOND W. SMITH, Chairman and CEO of Bell Atlantic Corporation Delivered before the Advertising Women of New York, New York, New York, February 1, 1995 Before I get started, let me just clear up a couple of questions. First of all, for...

Municipal bonds: new risks and rewards. (Municipal Bond Insurance Association Executive Vice President Robert R. Godfrey speech)(Transcript)
April 1, 1995... By ROBERT R. GODFREY, Executive Vice President, Municipal Bond Insurance Association Delivered before the Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California, February 3, 1995 Good afternoon, I am Robert Godfrey from MBIA and it is indeed a...

The 1990s' property rights revolution and U.S. agriculture: the limitations of freedom. (Clemson University economics and legal studies professor Bruce Yandle speech)(Transcript)
April 1, 1995... By BRUCE YANDLE, Alumni Professor, Economics and Legal Studies, Clemson University Delivered at the Hudson Institute 1995 Farm Policy Conference, Washington, D.C., February 8, 1995 There is a revolution occurring in this country. It is a...

Moral values of liberalism and conservatism: the historical development. (University of Texas scholar Andrew R. Cecil speech)(Transcript)
April 1, 1995... By ANDREW R. CECIL, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, The University of Texas at Dallas Delivered at the 16th Annual Andrew R. Cecil Lectures on Moral Values in a Free Society, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, November...

What to do about crime: blaming crime on root causes. (UCLA professor James Q. Wilson speech)(Transcript)
April 1, 1995... By JAMES Q. WILSON, James Collins Proffesor of Management at UCLA Delivered at the Independent Policy Forum Luncheon, San Francisco, California, January 19, 1995 Crime is a subject akin to, "What is wrong with the Boston Celtics and the...

Inheriting the earth: Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. (Lincoln National Corp. Chairman and CEO Ian M. Rolland speech)(Transcript)
April 1, 1995... By IAN M. ROLLAND, Chairman and CEO, Lincoln National Corporation Delivered before the Quest Club, Fort Wayne, Indiana, February 3, 1995 After 200 years as a nation, America still fights an internal battle with racism, a widening gulf...

A new look at helath care reform. (university of Washington professor Murray Weidenbaum speech)(Transcript)
April 1, 1995... COMPETITIVE MARKET FORCES By MURRAY WEIDENBAUM, Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University Delivered as the Keynote Address to the Annual Health...