soap·box (sōp'bŏks') n. - A carton in which soap is packed.
- A temporary platform used while making an impromptu or nonofficial public speech.
intr.v. Informal., -boxed, -box·ing, -box·es. To engage in impromptu or nonofficial public speaking, often flamboyantly. idiom: on (one's) soapbox :Speaking one's views passionately or self-importantly.
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On friday , 17:00 to 19:00 at the Town Hall , any one who wishes , will be given 4 minutes to present what ever he wants to the audience Please post here your name and the topic you wish to present: 1 Ami Ben Bassat: The time of the "Matching Machine" has come! Occasionally, a sort of bizarre question comes to my mind: can I find identities in this world? By "identities", I mean people that share the same traits and habits, ideas and dreams. What I need is a "matching machine" that will scan the Web methodically and constantly, locating those "alike people". My interest in such machine is not forming some kind of Ben-Bassat brotherhood, but locating new connections and friends. 2 Hanan Cohen: On listening 3 Rafram Chaddad: The biggest invention from 1000 AD to 2000 AD i'll bring the invention with me 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |