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In this important work, Saladin Ambar has produced the first—and most nuanced—book-length treatment of that oration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
“Avoid emotional oration and loud, impassioned pleas. A well-reasoned and logical presentation without resort to histrionics is easier for listeners to comprehend.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
That approach means the movie is freighted with exposition, along with lengthy monologues and much stirring oration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Armstrong's writing is consistently sharp and poignant, but Kendall's funerary oration gives wings to this heavy scene.
From Salon ● May 22, 2023
There the city’s Biirgermeister, a staunch Nazi by the name of Carl Vincent Krogmann, delivered a long welcoming oration in German.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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