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  1. Greek rhetor `orator' traditionally, the art
  2. of public speaking and debate. Rhetorical
  3. skills are valued in such occupations as
  4. politics, teaching, the law, religion, and
  5. broadcasting. Accomplished rhetoricians need
  6. not be sincere in what they say; they should,
  7. however, be effective, or at least
  8. entertaining. Nowadays, `rhetoric' is often a
  9. pejorative term (for example, `Cut the
  10. rhetoric and tell us what you really think').
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