The whole idea was that the speaker would talk for a while, and then occasionally show a slide that illustrated a point with a picture or a striking image, or made a set of numbers clear with a bar graph or a pie chart.

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He might even use Khartoum's mosques as a rallying-point for Mr bin Laden, in whom the faithful have so far shown a striking lack of interest.

ECONOMIST: Sudan

This almost instinctive cleaving to the American line on Iraq is particularly striking coming from a British government which has made a point of emphasising its desire to build closer relations with Europe.

ECONOMIST: Mr Blair goes to Washington

And to go to Jen's point -- and this is a matter of policy -- it is rather striking that the central engine at this time of that political campaign, and all the money that is fueling the engine, is going towards an advertisement that is provably and demonstrably false.

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