Word: gavelling
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...Neill had heard enough. Incensed by an attack on Democratic legislators by Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich of Georgia during a debate last week, the House Speaker dropped his gavel and strode angrily onto the floor, leaving his Massachusetts colleague Democrat Joseph Moakley to take the chair. O'Neill shook a finger at Gingrich and roared, "You challenged their patriotism, and it is the lowest thing that I have ever seen in my 32 years in Congress...
...trial of the accused rapists-actually two separate proceedings, both held in nearby Fall River-has been carried live, often gavel to gavel, on local cable and radio outlets, and nationally for two to three hours a day on Cable News Network. On most days CNN has accorded the case air time comparable to that given the confirmation hearings of Attorney General Nominee Edwin Meese or the Democratic presidential campaign. The network's executives say that they are covering the trial for its news value and to educate the public about how rape victims are treated in court...
...command loyalty; as Speaker he dispenses office space, regulates staff size and even hands out parking privileges. For those on his good side, the avenues of advancement are wide open and unlimited; for those who oppose him, McGee is the first to admit that "the power of the gavel is pretty, pretty powerful...
...What's the matter, you leave your wallets at home?" he asked after the first 17 horses were shown and only five were sold for a paltry total of $142,000. To help warm up the bidding and the bidders, Alexander ("Sasha") Ponomarev, Tersk stud manager, seized the gavel and ordered generous rounds of vodka. The stratagem was rewarded. Ken Ford of San Antonio success fully bid $52,000 for a gray mare named Pishka, which he said would be a present for his daughter Tina, 20. After the auction, the Soviets said they had sold 24 Arabian purebreds...
...Christie's in New York City last week, the house applauded enthusiastically as the gavel went down on Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning's Two Women. Reason: a price of $1.2 million, the most money paid for a work by a living artist. (The previous record for a De Kooning was a scant $242,000.) "The art market looks alive and well and living in New York," said Art Dealer Allan Stone, who bid on the work for an anonymous collector. The artist, who is alive and well and living on Long Island, got no share...