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(STEM-wyn-duhr)

noun:
1. A stem-winding watch.
2. A rousing oration, especially a political one.
3. A stirring orator.

Sullivan, known for his stentorian stemwinders on the Senate floor, said there was no need to reopen the budget ...."
Christopher Keating; Sullivan Sees Racism in Treasurer Debate; The Hartford Courant; Feb 5, 2000.

This week's theme: Words about government, politics, and elections

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Science is built with facts as a house is with stones--but a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house. -Jules Henri Poincare (1854-1912)

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