http://spoken-gems.com Remarkable speeches, rhetorical masterpieces, impressive monologues Mon, 21 May 2012 14:01:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://spoken-gems.com/2009/07/20/walter-cronkite-save-the-bay/ http://spoken-gems.com/2009/07/20/walter-cronkite-save-the-bay/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:31:52 +0000 Michael http://spoken-gems.com/?p=1759 In 2007, Walter Cronkite spoke at a "Save The bay" fund raiser in Newport, Rhode Island.

]]> http://spoken-gems.com/2009/07/20/walter-cronkite-save-the-bay/feed/ 0 http://spoken-gems.com/2009/06/30/walter-cronkite-from-the-final-episode-of-cbs-on-the-air/ http://spoken-gems.com/2009/06/30/walter-cronkite-from-the-final-episode-of-cbs-on-the-air/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:06:51 +0000 Michael http://spoken-gems.com/?p=128 Did you know, that Walter Cronkite trained himself to speak only at a rate of 124 words per minute whereas the American average is 165 words per minute?

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