WORDS have the power to heal, so that's why, during hard times, we hear more good speeches. The first half of 2009 saw lots of memorable lines: from US TV icon Oprah Winfrey's commencement address at Duke on how to help the needy, to President Barack Obama's eloquent appeal to healing the century-old rift between the West and the East in Cairo, to Governor Mark Sanford's weepy apology for his extramarital misdeeds. In our semi-annual speech supplement, you'll be treated not just to “chicken soup” for the soul, but also the know-how to let you make the soup.