I'll shield her name, even after all these years, because she wisely was usually willing only to speak with me on background.
But Sugar Ray came on and explained that he had read an article featuring my condition and was keen to speak with me.
On a trip across the country to recruit new business to Oklahoma, January-appointed Governor Mary Fallin stopped by Forbes to speak with me last month.
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Through Petrovich, Gill sent word that he would speak with me "on background, " meaning I could not identify him by name unless he was allowed to approve his quotes before publication.
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Although there are Tastevin branches all over the world from the U.S. to Singapore the New York branch has a great cellar and a long waiting list, according to the members who were willing to speak with me.
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Might any of their customers be willing to sit down and speak frankly with me?
"Every time when I speak with the players they follow me, " said Capello.
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If anyone doubts how seriously those potentially impacted viewed the possibility of these very costly changes, just speak with any estate planner (me included) who feverishly worked on client gifting and transfers until the ball dropped over Times Square!
If you are carrying a rifle and coming towards me, how can I speak with you?
Although I would love to have the opportunity to speak with Rita, I doubt very seriously that she would contact me.
It declined to speak to me for the story, but I did chat with the CEO of one of the companies the group has funded.
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Emily's List, a longstanding feminist organization that recruits, trains and funds pro-choice female politicians, has struck back with its own Web video, titled "Sarah doesn't speak for me, " faulting Palin and the Grizzlies for their positions on abortion, gay rights and the public services on which many women rely.
So before I turn it over to the Taoiseach, let me leave you with all the words from those early days that speak to why this has been such an incredible relationship between our two countries.
My college boyfriend the same one who took me to Niagara once refused to speak to me for a full day because I declined to hike in the Rockies with him and instead read a Russian novel in the car.
It is a great honor for me to be here in Shanghai, and to have this opportunity to speak with all of you.
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The simple fact that I tried to speak French first seemed to endear me to the hotel staff and the many other Parisians with whom I interacted.
Now, let me just speak more broadly about health care, because we're going to have a meeting with the Republicans, as I said, next week.
It was in partnership with the U.S. State Department, who invited me to be a cultural envoy and speak to groups of people about editorial cartoons.
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But over the last few years, I've had a chance to speak with Native American leaders across the country about the challenges you face, and those conversations have been deeply important to me.
Many young people are now reared to speak only English, and one teen-age student told me that even adults who once spoke only Tamil, the local language, were beginning to speak Tanglish with their children.
Dial the 800 number, work through a dizzying array of menu choices, choose to speak with a human being and wait on hold listening to music for 20 minutes to two hours (it happened to me once) and you might reach a person who can (in only 70% of my cases) provide definitive, final help.
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