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  • n  a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem

  • Washington state Democrats picked 32 delegates (with 22 votes), most of whom favor Kefauver, and heard a stem-winder speech by Candidate Robert Kerr.
  • In Southern Baptist terms, Smith, 42, is a formidable figure, a fiery redhaired, old-style prairie stem-winder.
  • Saarland premier and former party standard bearer Oskar Lafontaine delivered such a stem-winder of a speech, rallying the movement to return to its leftist roots, that SPD chairman .
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  • Bill's excellent Ky. adventure
    LOUISVILLE, KY -- Bill Clinton was back on the campaign trail Tuesday, and he was right at home. In Louisville, the former president delivered the kind of folksy, philosophical stem-winder that his fellow Democrats crave of him - this time, on behalf of Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes.
    Feb. 26, 2014 - MSN
  • Campaigner-in-Chief Hits Ropes in Kentucky
    LOUISVILLE, KY -- Bill Clinton was back on the campaign trail Tuesday, and he was right at home.In Louisville, the former president delivered the kind of folksy, philosophical stem-winder that his fellow Democrats crave of him - this time, on behalf of Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes.        
    Feb. 26, 2014 - NBC NEWS
Quotes

  • Dianne Feinstein in Newsday
    Noting that he has "great physicians, a loving and beautiful wife in Vicki, and the indomitable Kennedy spirit," Feinstein said, "I look forward to the day when Sen. Kennedy is back on the Senate floor, giving one of his famous stem-winder...

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