Oh, yes. There were not many meetings where Bill Buckingham did not speak. And, actually, at that meeting -- I believe the beginning of the meeting was an apology, actually, which he had prepared in advance apologizing to the members of the community if he had said anything that offended them.
Bill Buckingham hardly speaks in meetings and his speeches in meetings with the community always begins with an apology
the writer says Bill  speaks most time in the meeting and never said that his speech always begins with an apology, but that he believes
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