Word: lecterns
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...before a Shapp-for-Governor rally in Pittsburgh, Lawrence declared: "I've never been prouder of the Democratic Party than with the unity we now have." Then he fell heavily to the floor, pulling the lectern over on his chest. He was taken to a hospital, suffering from cardiac arrest, and lay in a deep coma until his death last week. He never knew that Shapp was decisively beaten on Election Day and that the organization he had so carefully constructed was now in shambles...
...most successful in his 1,051 days in office. There was none of the stagy cuteness he used in announcing three major appointments in the State Department last month, none of the petulance that too often has marred his press relations. Even "Mother," the President's awesome electronic lectern, was stripped of some of its gadgetry so that a couple of old-fashioned microphones showed...
...minutes into his speech, Aiken remarked that South Vietnam could not do a very good job of defending itself, and Rendell objected aloud. Rendell, a Briton who has spent a few years in Vietnam, told the audience from his seat behind the lectern that South Vietnam has the second strongest army in Southeast Asia...
Aiken, obviously upset by the interruption, offered the lectern to Rendell with a sweeping gesture of his hand. Rendell demurred, and there was an exchange of words the audience could not hear. Aiken finally decided he could not continue, so he took his seat next to Rendell, and the platform was left without a speaker...
While Warren was making his plea, the two men seemed to reach an understanding, and they announced that Rendell had apologized for interrupting and Aiken had accepted. Aiken returned to the lectern...