He's laconic, congenial, and I love that he didn't do a stem-winder. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2008] Reference
The other is something of a stem-winder, but enlightening, nonetheless. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
Can hardly await Pres Obama's next bold move - Perhaps another stem-winder?. From Wordnik.com. [Foundation continues to crumble (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
How about Rush Limbaugh hanging out while John Kerry delivers his stem-winder?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-07-01] Reference
Both showed up; Gray delivered opening remarks, and Fenty handled the stem-winder. From Wordnik.com. [DeMorning DeBonis: June 8, 2010] Reference
Talking Points Memo: Not a stem-winder -- and Kerry would have been foolish to try. From Wordnik.com. [07/30/2004] Reference
One day after I had been at X---- a couple of months, we had a stem-winder of a storm. From Wordnik.com. [Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers] Reference
He used to be was billed higher than a president or president-elect because he just knew he'd give a stem-winder (ph). From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2009] Reference
Hillary delivered a stem-winder last night, doing I thought what she needed to do to get her supporters to support Obama. From Wordnik.com. [Ken Adelman: Will Power] Reference
Then Cam Kerry The Senator's Brother got up and rolled out his stem-winder in anticipation of a run for Secretary of State. From Wordnik.com. [The Chimes at Midnight] Reference
But it was when Schweitzer talked about our breaking our "addiction to foreign oil" that his speech turned into a stem-winder. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Hogarth: Schweitzer Steals the Show; Hillary Calls for Unity] Reference
An hour later Ragnar was back on the steps of the courthouse, shaking his fist triumphantly and making a stem-winder of a speech. From Wordnik.com. [One of Our Whales Is Missing] Reference
And any -- any thoughts that people had that he would be too frail to be able to give his typical stem-winder of a speech were put to rest. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2009] Reference
Hillary Clinton probably didn't watch the stem-winder speech that Barack Obama delivered Tuesday night after cleaning her clock in the Potomac primaries. From Wordnik.com. [Obama at the Top] Reference
OK, so it wasn't written in blood, and we doubt he's in a secret society, but nevertheless it kind of makes for a little bit of a stem-winder in real life. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2006] Reference
"She's sure a stem-winder," said Mormon presently. From Wordnik.com. [Rimrock Trail] Reference
"Luke Larkin has a silver watch better than mine -- a stem-winder.". From Wordnik.com. [Struggling Upward, or Luke Larkin's Luck] Reference
There's a new bank examiner over at the First, and he's a stem-winder. From Wordnik.com. [Roads of Destiny] Reference
Mame was looking at the table like a boy looks at his first stem-winder. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the West [Annotated]] Reference
Here are some of the topics Lieberman covered in his 1,100-word stem-winder. From Wordnik.com. [Israpundit] Reference
With a groan, Colonel Braddon handed over a gold stem-winder, of Waltham make. From Wordnik.com. [Struggling Upward, or Luke Larkin's Luck] Reference
And Luke, with pardonable triumph, produced his new watch, which was a stem-winder, whereas. From Wordnik.com. [Struggling Upward, or Luke Larkin's Luck] Reference
"It was a stem-winder," says I. "Sir Peter was off side most of the time; but I don't carry no grouch for that.". From Wordnik.com. [Shorty McCabe] Reference
And Luke, with pardonable triumph, produced his new watch, which was a stem-winder, whereas Randolph's was only a key-winder. From Wordnik.com. [Struggling Upward] Reference
His big-tent stem-winder veered all over -- from market data to the survival of the planet, social justice and racial harmony. From Wordnik.com. [Collecting My Thoughts] Reference
David regales with a stem-winder about Café Natoma, a long-shuttered Folsom restaurant with a solar-system-class wine cellar. From Wordnik.com. [AroundTheCapitol.com] Reference
This weekend, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin delivered a stem-winder, barn-burner of a speech to the first Tea Party Convention. From Wordnik.com. [Political Mavens] Reference
Rush Limbaugh, in a stem-winder that was slated to last 20 minutes, brought the house down with a speech that lasted an hour and a half. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
What Obama apprehends, and was the underlying theme of his Cairo stem-winder: The people of the world have grown weary of our brattiness. From Wordnik.com. [Consortiumnews.com] Reference
But during a heated debate on the House floor, Minority Leader John Boehner delivered a stem-winder of a speech lashing out at Democrats. From Wordnik.com. [ABC News: Top Stories] Reference
Here we are -- 'The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes'; and it's a stem-winder, too. ". From Wordnik.com. [Blix] Reference
But he sure landed me a stem-winder on the chin, "he continued, ruefully rubbing that member," so I guess we're about even. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West] Reference
It really is a stem-winder. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
“We need us a real stem-winder.”. From Wordnik.com. [Specific Gravity] Reference
Another stem-winder speech tomorrow night. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Hillary's Lead In Ohio Grows To 10 Points] Reference
And that bit o' oratory was hardly a stem-winder. From Wordnik.com. [FINALITIES II] Reference
"Horse -- buggy -- cutter -- lap-robe -- patent-leathers -- dog -- plug-hat -- church-pew -- stem-winder -- new teeth -- SAY, Aleck!". From Wordnik.com. [The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories] Reference
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