Vital Speeches of the Day articles from January 1995

Vital Speeches of the Day archives from January 1995

Consumer protection: tips from an SEC insider.(address by Arthur Levitt, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)(Transcript)
January 15, 1995... Delivered at the L.A. Town hall, Los Angeles, California, December 14, 1994 This visit was scheduled well before a problem erupted in Orange County. It is a significant problem, and it may cause grief and loss to many. But our markets...

The Democratic challenge in the 104th Congress: we shall keep struggling.(address by House Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt)(Transcript)
January 15, 1995... Delivered at the Center for National Policy, Washington, D.C., December 13, 1994 Let me begin by thanking the Center for National Policy for holding this special forum. And I thank all of you for joining me today, to talk about the...

Taxation with representation: 2001 and beyond.(address by Margaret Milner Richardson, Commissioner of Internal Revenue)
January 15, 1995... Delivered before the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Enrolled Agents, Williamsburg, Virginia, August 24, 1994 Good evening. I am delighted to be able to join you again this year for your Annual Meeting. I know you enjoyed...

The myth of superpower: United States global influence.(address by Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. former Deputy Secretary of State)(Transcript)
January 15, 1995... Delivered before the Economic Club of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, December 5, 1994 This is my third appearance before the distinguished Economic Club of Detroit. The first was in 1970, shortly after I became president of Michigan State...

Education as a political issue: will the new Congress make a difference?(address by Samuel L. Blumenfeld)(Transcript)
January 15, 1995... Delivered at the United States Taxpayers Party, National Community Meeting, Reno, Nevada, December 3, 1994 Early is morning, as I looked out of my hotel window, I was awed by the sight of a rainbow arched over the city of Reno, a God-given...

Total quality leadership: an American tradition.(address by Gen. Ronald Yates, Commander of the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command)(Transcript)
January 15, 1995... Delivered at the Computing Devices TQM Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 1, 1994 The Quality perspective is very much a part of our tradition, and very much a part of democratic ideals around the world. Noted theologian Harry...

Public discourse: our very fate as a civil society is at stake.(address by Hugh B. Price, President, National Urban League)(Transcript)
January 15, 1995... Delivered at the Town Hall of Los Angeles, California, November 22, 1994 I am deeply honored to be asked to deliver a keynote address before this august body. As I read over the roster of distinguished speakers who have addressed you, I...

A crisis of communications: communications, elections and the budget battle.(address by Patrick Burns, director of communications, National Council of Senior Citizens)(Transcript)
January 15, 1995... Delivered before the Michigan Mini-White House Conference on Aging, Lansing, Michigan, December 1, 1994 This afternoon, I'm going to talk a little about the election, about what it means for Social Security and Medicare, and why our story...

Restoring opportunities for urban communities: punishing people or providing opportunity.(address by James H. Carr, vice-president for housing research, Fannie Mae)(Transcript)
January 15, 1995... Delivered at the Metro-Miami Action Plan Trust 12th Annual Community Conference, Miami, Florida, September 29, 1994 Good morning. How many of you saw the chase of O.J. Simpson on T.V. down an L.A. freeway in his white Bronco on June 17?...

Proposed tax breaks. (Bill Clinton's address to the American people, Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 1994) (Transcript)
January 1, 1995... MIDDLE INCOME TAX REDUCTION By BILL CLINTON, President of the United States Delivered before the American People, Washington, D.C., December 15, 1994 MY fellow Americans, ours is a great country with a lot to be proud of. But at this...

European securities, structure. (speech delivered by Boris Yeltsin at the CSCE Summit in Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 5, 1994) (Transcript)
January 1, 1995... AND PEACE KEEPING POTENTIAL By BORIS YELTSIN, President of the Russian Federation Delivered at the CSCE Summit, Budapest, Hungary, December 5, 1994 Mr. Chairman, President Gonez, Colleagues. First of all, I wish to thank the Hungarian...

Genomics. (speech delivered by SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals R&D Pres. George Poste at the Jackson Laboratory annual meeting in Pennsylvania, Aug. 20, 1994) (Transcript)
January 1, 1995... THE STUDY OF GENES AND THEIR FUNCTIONAL REGULATION By GEORGE POSTE, President of Research & Development, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Delivered at The Jackson Laboratory, Annual Meeting, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, August 20, 1994...

The unintended tragedy of the commons. (speech delivered by Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Prof. William P. Hobby at the USIS American Cultural Center in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 30, 1994) (Transcript)
January 1, 1995... WHY PEOPLE HATE POLITICIANS By WILLIAM P. HOBBY, Sid Richardson Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Delivered at the USIS American Cultural Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 30, 1994 A RECENT public opinion poll in...

Yield a hundredfold! (speech delivered by Pacific Lutheran University Pres. Loren J. Anderson as opening convocation at the university, Sep. 6, 1994) (Transcript)
January 1, 1995... HOW MANY QUESTIONS WILL YOU HAVE? By LOREN J. ANDERSON, President, Pacific Lutheran University Delivered as the Opening Convocation, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, September 6, 1994 I HOPE that each of you has had a...

International drug trafficking. (speech delivered by Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Lee P. Brown before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, Sep. 29, 1994) (Transcript)
January 1, 1995... ARE WE ON THE VERGE OF A HEROIN EPIDEMIC? By LEE P. BROWN, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy Delivered before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, Washington, D.C., September 29,...

Integrated resource planning and competitive power markets. (speech delivered by Southern California Edison Co. VP Vikram S. Budhraja at the Energy Council of Canada Forum 1994, Oct. 25, 1994) (Transcript)
January 1, 1995... AN AMERICAN VIEWPOINT By VIKRAM S. BUDHRAJA, Vice President, Southern California Edison Co. Delivered at the Energy Council of Canada Forum 1994, Montreal, Canada, October 25, 1994 THANK you, Mr. Johnson. Good afternoon. I'm pleased to...

Adam Smith's free-market capitalism. (speech delivered by visiting Flagler College business Administration instructor Joseph Nolan at Flagler Forum, St. Augustine, Florida, Nov. 17, 1994) (Transcript)
January 1, 1995... ECONOMICS, THEN AND NOW By JOSEPH NOLAN, Visiting Instructor, Business Administration, Flagler College Delivered at Flagler Forum, St. Augustine, Florida, November 17, 1994 AN economist finds it a refreshing change to be invited to...

Russia's army in the year 2005. (speech delivered by Hoover Institute Senior Fellow Richard F. Staar before the Presidential Lecture Series, Rice University, Houston, Texas, Nov. 2, 1994) (Transcript)
January 1, 1995... THE FUTURE OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION By RICHARD F. STAAR, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute Delivered before the Presidential Lecture Series, at Rice University, Houston, Texas November 2, 1994 THE military High Command first became...

Managing your communication. (speech delivered by Susan Peterson Productions Inc. Pres. Susan Peterson at the INC. Conference, Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 19, 1994) (Transcript)
January 1, 1995... THE YEAR 2000 AND BEYOND By SUSAN PETERSON, President, Susan Peterson Productions Inc. Delivered at the INC. Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 19, 1994 I DON'T always admit in public that I once was a television news correspondent....