Word: podium
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...informality if their surrounding. No more than three of the men wear ties; most are in open collar shirts and sport jackets. They lean back in their chairs or wander around the chamber, talking loudly with their neighbors while the Israeli defense minister tries to address them from the podium...
...speeches start. Day lapses into evening. The red sun cases behind the speaker's platform until finally hidden by the Prudential Tower. The crowd swells over the rising field then shrinks about the snow-fence-enclosed platform. The speechmakers rise to the podium and fall back into the mounting obscurity...
...Rabat summit, Arab heads of state formally endorsed the P.L.O., rather than Jordan's King Hussein, as the sole spokesman for Palestinians, including the 640,000 living on the West Bank. At the United Nations, Arafat was granted the rare privilege of addressing the General Assembly from a podium normally reserved for representatives of established governments. More than that, the General Assembly passed resolutions declaring for the first time that the Palestinians were a nation with rights to sovereignty rather than a "displaced people," as they have been classified for 26 years. Two weeks ago in a precedent-setting...
...gimmickry, there were some hints of genuine dedication and commitment to the democratic ideal. As the drooping floodlights were dimmed and tardy delegates hurried to their seats at the opening of the convention, four native Kansas City soldiers in full uniform carried the American flag to the podium while the Kansas City Philharmonic, stuffed in among the press corps, sounded drum rolls and bugle calls. A feeling of pride in the Democratic Party and eager anticipation filled the air--a feeling that the mumbled pledge of allegiance and the off-key singing of the national anthem could not dissipate...
...time wore on, however, attention vacillated between the activity at the podium and the mau-mauing on the floor. Warren Beatty, in a designer brown tweed suit and sculptured haircut, caused quite a stir among delegates and press alike as he stood in the aisles near the California delegation signing autographs and talking with presidential hopefuls, not-so-hopefuls, and celebrities like Jesse Jackson. George Take, who played Zulu in "Star Trek," got his fair share of ogling, as did Mrs. Lorne Greene...