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08/29/2008
The Next President: Look Past the Rhetoric (BusinessWeek)

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08/29/2008
Sharp, aggressive jabs supplant soaring rhetoric (Boston Globe)
DENVER - In a setting that was both portentous and a little pretentious, Senator Barack Obama offered an acceptance speech last night that was grounded and targeted.
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08/29/2008
The Hindu Business Line : Obama’s anti-outsourcing rhetoric puts IT industry in wait-and-watch mode (The Hindu)
New Delhi/Chennai, Aug. 29 Stung by the apparent anti-outsourcing overtone of Senator Barack Obama’s acceptance speech where the Democrats’ Presidential nominee pledged to halt tax sops to companies that ship jobs outside the US, the Indian IT industry on Friday said that globalisation of services was “irreversible” and argued that outsourcing had enabled US firms to stay competitive.
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08/29/2008
Klein: Obama's Speech 'Very Tough' (Time Magazine)
TIME's political columnist says Obama was wise to drop the dreamy rhetoric -- because he's in for the brawl of his life
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08/29/2008
Speech rich in pledges, not rhetoric (BBC News)
Barack Obama delivered one of his finest speeches as he attacked his Republican rival, John McCain, and stressed his Americanness, says the BBC's Jamie Coomarasamy.
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08/27/2008
Winter Worries Creating State Rhetoric, Not Much Cash (The Lincoln County News)
The scramble at the Statehouse to do something to help Mainers with what are expected to be skyrocketing home heating bills this winter is creating a lot of rhetoric, but not a lot of cash the one thing community agencies and churches say they need to make a difference.
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08/29/2008
Obama mixes lofty rhetoric with attacks on McCain in historic speech (Channel 4)
He told his audience and the millions watching on TV that 'enough was enough' and that America could be a better country after eight years of George W Bush - both economically and abroad.
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08/29/2008
End to Middle East oil imports unlikely (AP via Yahoo! News)
Barack Obama's promise Thursday to work to "end our dependence" on Middle East oil within a decade may be good political rhetoric when Americans have been paying $4 a gallon at the gas pumps, but the goal likely would be difficult — perhaps impossible — to achieve and flies in the face of how global oil markets work.
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08/29/2008
GOP: Rhetoric stirs, but fails to impress (Detroit Free Press)
There may have been 75,000 adoring supporters at Invesco Field in Denver witnessing the first African American receive a major party's nomination for president, but plenty of political activists were less than impressed with Democrat Barack Obama's acceptance speech.
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08/29/2008
Rhetoric escalates in state Senate race (Maneater)
Democrat Chuck Graham and Republican Kurt Schaefer battle to bolster their party's numbers in the state Senate.
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  • Aristotle's Rhetoric - Discussion of one of Aristotle's major works; by Christof Rapp. From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  • Bibliography for Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication - Listing of more than 7,600 articles in 26 professional journals, coverage 1971-1998, searchable by key word.
  • The Classical Conception of Rhetoric - Offers a summary of this conception of rhetoric. Links to related lecture notes.
  • Composition & Rhetoric Bibliographic Database - Downloadable citations from journals and books in composition and rhetoric studies. By Lee Honeycutt.
  • Democracy: Rhetorical Texts - A catalog of e-texts of important speeches, largely from presidents and historic feminist figures, with research resources. Compiled by Robert Ivie.
  • A Few Definitions of Rhetoric - Selection of definitions of rhetoric through the history.
  • Gender and Rhetoric Bibliography - Bibliography of works dealing with gender and rhetoric. University course material. [PDF]
  • H-Net Book Reviews for H-Rhetor - Collection of reviews of books on rhetoric. Arranged by author.
  • H-Rhetor - Scholarly discussion board, primarily on rhetoric issues. Linked to H-Net's academic announcements.
  • Immediacy of Rhetoric - Doctoral thesis about immediacy of the internet as a rhetorical forum. Updated in 2002.
  • Plato on Rhetoric and Poetry - Charles Griswold examines Plato's ideas on rhetoric an dpoetry. With bibliography. From Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
  • The Power of Words - A description with examples of twenty types of emotional appeals, fallacious arguments, and other verbal manipulations that touch the heart and manipulate the mind.
  • Rhetoric and Composition Book Reviews Corner - Compilation of reviews of books on rhetoric and composition. Arranged by title.
  • Rhetoric Approaches to Poetry - Examination of the rhetorical approaches to poetry and literary criticism. By John Holcombe.
  • Rhetoric Notes - Handout of a graduate course on rhetoric and its theory. With texts and background material on classical and early Christian rhetoric.
  • Rhetorica ad Digitum Prototype - Ongoing interactive online rhetoric textbook. Outline of definitions of rhetoric and some Classical, modern and contemporary rhetorical theorists.
  • Thinking about Words, and Words to Think By - This site seeks to assist viewers in the use and selection of words in the public discussion. Examines terms such as conflict, nature and belief, and offers a discussion forum.
  • Victor Vitanza. Negation, Subjectivity and The History of Rhetoric - Review by J. D. H. Amador of this book by Victor Vitanza that critiques the discursive traditions and philosophical foundations giving shape to the history of rhetoric.
  • Women's History in Rhetoric and Language - Mailing list devoted to the field.
  • It's not the presence of someone that brings meaning to Life. But the way Someone touches your HEART gives LIFE a Beautiful Meaning.
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