Today they worked a rope line and addressed reporters in Potsdam, then gave back-to-back speeches here.

But they have agreed to give six back-to-back nine-minute speeches on the subject to be broadcast on WNBC-TV this Sunday.

Merkley and Novick gave back-to-back speeches at the yearly summit of the Democratic Party of Oregon in Sunriver.

Rarely have the polar opposites in style and substance been thrown into bolder relief than in back-to-back speeches by Pat Robertson and George Bush in mid-September at Iowa State University.

The back-to-back speeches were orchestrated by the White House with the intent of sending a measured, but firm, message to Mr. Putin when American-Russian relations are at their lowest point in years.

PAGE 27 Dueling Democrats Former Senator Bill Bradley and Vice President Al Gore delivered back-to-back speeches at a Democratic Party gathering.

In back-to-back speeches to more than 3,000 California Democrats, Mr. Bradley and Mr. Gore made appeals to the party workers who will crank out the vote in the March 7 primary.

The two men routinely gave back-to-back speeches, with Mr. Schroder referring to Mr. Lafontaine as "dear Oskar" and praising him for his leadership.

Tonight, in back-to-back speeches before both houses of Parliament, Mr. Berlusconi spoke of "a new awareness of the need to answer the anxiety and hopes of the most long-suffering peoples on this planet."

The First Lady, in back-to-back speeches on health care, also sharply criticized Medicare cuts that had been embraced by President Clinton to balance the budget in 1997, saying they had proved damaging to hospitals, particularly in New York.