The vote came after nearly two hours of public comment, in which speakers invoked the Bible and the Constitution and compared the councilors to Communists.

The speaker invokes a maxim as a basis for interpreting the utterance.

The second speaker invokes the Maxim of Relevance, resulting in the implicature that "the gas station is open and one can probably get gas there"

But many speakers invoked God, culture or history in arguing against passage of the measure.

Inevitably, some speakers invoked memories of Sept. 11, 2001, and the deaths of 343 firefighters at the World Trade Center.

At each service, speakers invoked their faith and their commitment to Christianity.

In contrast, speakers at the Republican Convention have invoked their support of Israel repeatedly.

While some speakers invoked these steps as a sign of the monarchy moving with the times, others attacked them as insufficient.

The speaker of the poem invokes a melancholic mood main character wanders through an urban environment and the descriptions are reminiscent of medieval settings.

Secondly, several speakers have invoked the question of international trade, which I did not bring up because it will be discussed in September.