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...first press conference in July, France's President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing fielded questions while standing behind a lectern. At his second conference last week he somberly remained seated, in perhaps unconscious symbolism of the dour words to follow. Sounding like a Spengler with a French accent, for much of the conference he all but prophesied the decline of the West...
...army of White House advance men hit Ohio State University like a flying wedge when Ford decided to speak there recently. An argument arose over whether to have a small table with a water pitcher beside the lectern. The university president wanted it, but the White House disagreed. Old-fashioned image. To the everlasting glory of the Buckeyes, they carried the field and there was a water pitcher on a table beside the lectern...
...underscore the informal tone that he has set for his presidency, Ford dispensed with Nixon's trappings-a stagey backdrop of blue velvet draperies and a massive, bulletproof lectern. Instead, Ford stood before a door that was symbolically left open and used a narrow, hourglass-shaped stand. He wore no makeup; despite the bright lights for the television cameras, he did not perspire. He seemed relaxed and self-assured-in part perhaps because he had carefully gone over the issues with five key aides for two hours on Tuesday and for another hour the morning of the press conference...
Pandemonium broke out. As the assassin raced down the center aisle, spectators leaped from their seats and screamed. Security men rushed toward the stage. Park, displaying the cool aplomb of a professional soldier, ducked behind the bulletproof lectern while his bodyguards returned the fire. A 16-year-old high school girl in the audience was killed in the Shootout. Another bullet struck the gunman in the leg; he was wrestled to the floor and carried out of the hall. A third bullet hit Park's charming wife Yook Young Soo, who was seated on the dais directly behind...
Making his first appearance before the high court, St. Clair proved more assured and forceful than Jaworski. He folded his hands at ease on the lectern, waved his dark-rimmed glasses to emphasize an argument. Brilliantly maneuvering to make the best of a case that many constitutional experts consider untenable, he nevertheless was cornered by deft questioning into revealing the unreasonable limits of the President's privilege claims. Yet he repeatedly drove home his central theme: "The President is not above the law. Nor does he contend that he is. What he does contend is that as President...