• The "One Ring", which plays a central role in Lord of the Rings, is also gold and contains an inscription in a fictional language called the "Black Speech of Mordor".

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  • In contrast to Holder's bombastic speech, President Bush's Black History Month speech last year was refreshingly retrospective without being pretentious.

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  • " Further, he says I approach the "analytically bizarre" when in my op-ed I claim that "the barbershop... may be one of the last bastions of unregulated speech in black America, " and that, at their worst, civil rights organizations are "antidemocratic institutions headed by gifted but authoritarian leaders.

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  • He dresses like a modern-day dandy, all tight black trousers, flowing scarves, black eyeliner and necklaces and his speech is excessively articulated and flowery.

    BBC: Russell Brand

  • By tradition, MPs stayed in the Commons chamber, waiting to be summoned to hear the speech in the Lords by Black Rod.

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  • Obama, the son of a white Kansan mother and a black Kenyan father, delivered his acceptance speech on the 45th anniversary of the Rev.

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  • Philadelphia (CNN) -- Darryl Williams and Benjamin Kline were shivering before the speech even started, their black umbrella no match for the steady rain and brisk Philadelphia wind.

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  • In a moment, we'll hear from a black Republican, but first, McCain's speech.

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  • Welsh Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson Peter Black said he was disappointed the Queen's Speech did not include measures to tackle homelessness.

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  • For higher budget films, like the Oscar contenders "Black Swan" and "The King's Speech, " theatrical distribution remains "a cornerstone of overall profitability, " says Amir Malin, managing partner at investment bank Qualia Capital.

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  • Even Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi has gotten in the act, describing Obama in a videotaped speech transcribed by MEMRI as "a black citizen of Kenyan African origins, a Muslim" (Philip Berg's contention) and declares ominously that "people in the Arab and Islamic world and in Africa...may even have been involved in legitimate contribution campaigns" to Obama.

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  • Reuel Khoza, the new black boss of Eskom, the state electricity company, made a startlingly outspoken speech last year.

    ECONOMIST: Spreading economic wealth from white to black is difficult

  • For the Welsh Liberal Democrats Peter Black said that he regretted the tone of parts of Janet Finch Saunders' speech, which he said was based on "half-truths".

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  • Critics saw Mr Gore's speech as directed primarily at a domestic audience, particularly gay and black American voters who might soon help him into the White House.

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  • In the first three months of last year, British Oscar-winner The King's Speech led the UK box office, while Hollywood productions Tangled and Black Swan were in second and third places.

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  • Dustin Lance Black, who won original screenplay for "Milk, " also gave an impassioned speech in favor of gay rights.

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  • He was referring to Obama chastising black fathers for not doing enough for their children during a Father's Day speech and making "faith-based initiatives" part of his campaign platform.

    CNN: Obama's focus is responsibility in NAACP speech

  • Alfred Moore Waddell, had publicly threatened in a pre-election speech to "choke the current of the Cape Fear River" with black bodies, according to a 2006 report chronicling the events by the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission.

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  • At the state opening of Parliament on December 3rd, the doors of the House of Commons were slammed in the face of Black Rod an official who summons MPs to hear the Queen's Speech to symbolise the Commons' independence, a principle the civil war was fought to affirm.

    ECONOMIST: Bagehot

  • There must have been some black magic which enabled this short, ugly man, famed for his rudeness and stumbling speech, to trap and dominate millions, but what on earth was it?

    ECONOMIST: Attempting to put a human face on him

  • In his speech, Mr Denham said disadvantaged white boys had more in common with their poor black classmates than with middle-class white people.

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  • We couldn't ask for a finer interpretation of black history's importance to the nation, and for a fairer or more tough-minded speech on race in America.

    CNN: Commentary: Holder wants to tear down wall of race

  • The radio stations are a black urban music network, two stations based largely on the BBC archives (one music, one speech), the Asian Network, which currently broadcasts locally and via satellite TV boxes, and Five Live Sports Extra, bringing greater choice of sports, when matches clash.

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  • When most folks think about the march, too much focus is on the "I Have a Dream" portion of King's speech and not the top two-thirds, which was a condemnation of the economic policies that stifled black growth in America.

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