after-dinner speaker
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The latest is a delightful romp through the game's history called Golf's Life Lessons by Richard Allen, former captain of Royal Melbourne and very sharp after-dinner speaker.
From Golf Digest • Jul. 12, 2019
While Marine Le Pen gives thunderous speeches at vast rallies, he is more of a motivational after-dinner speaker, galvanising the leafletters and canvassers.
From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2017
He is a popular after-dinner speaker, and chaired the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2016
Before he retired from baseball in 1954, Mr. Garagiola was already acquiring a reputation as a popular after-dinner speaker in his native St. Louis, with an endearing quality of self-mockery.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2016
He lives in Hampden town, and has published a book of photographs of the college through the years, which has made him much sought-after as an after-dinner speaker at the various clubs in town.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
