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Acknowledgments ฀ This฀book฀is฀dedicated฀to฀my฀husband,฀Paul฀Newell฀Campbell,฀whose฀ encouragement฀and฀support฀were฀essential฀to฀my฀growth฀as฀a฀scholar฀ and critic. ฀ What฀became฀this฀book฀originated฀when฀Larry฀Moss,฀the฀director฀ of฀news฀programming฀at฀KPFK-Pacifica฀Radio,฀Los฀Angeles,฀invited฀ me฀to฀present฀an฀analysis฀of฀a฀current฀speech฀as฀the฀editorial฀segment฀ of฀their฀hour-long฀evening฀newscast.฀In฀January฀of฀1970,฀the฀subject฀ of฀my฀editorial฀was฀Richard฀Nixon’s฀November฀3,฀1969,฀speech.฀I฀am฀ deeply฀grateful฀to฀KPFK฀for฀the฀opportunity฀to฀be฀a฀public฀rhetorical฀ critic฀and฀for฀their฀lively฀and฀responsive฀audience. ฀ I฀appreciate฀the฀support฀of฀my฀present฀and฀former฀students฀who฀ have฀listened฀to฀parts฀of฀this฀book฀and฀for฀the฀good฀fellowship฀of฀my฀ colleagues฀in฀Communication฀Studies฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Minnesota฀ who฀make฀my฀life฀as฀a฀teacher฀deeply฀satisfying. ...

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