Word: podium
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Meir followed her announcement to the party with a formal resignation speech before the Knesset. The modernistic chamber was filled to capacity as she trudged to the podium. The mood of the meeting was even more grim than expected: that morning, Palestinian guerrillas had sneaked across Israel's border from Lebanon to carry out a massacre at Qiryat Shemona in which 18 people were killed (see following story). The raid, Mrs. Meir said, "surpasses in its barbarity all that has gone before." She followed up an account of the assault with an explanation of her decision to resign...
...Clive Davis, on grounds of improperly diverting corporate funds to personal uses. Fears of a scandal concerning "drugola"-the alleged currying of favor by supplying acid, pot and cocaine to rock groups and disc jockeys-hung over the entire industry, Columbia included. When Davis' successor strode to the podium and began his remarks by quipping: "A funny thing happened to me on my way to retirement," everyone laughed-but not too hard. If there was one person who could clean Columbia's house quickly and thoroughly, and in the process give it new life, it was Goddard Lieberson...
Ford regained his composure and wore a triumphant grin by the time he entered the House chamber, which was jammed with the biggest crowd hi the memory of seasoned Congress watchers. He was accompanied by Richard Nixon, who entered smiling but later appeared tense. As the two reached the podium, Ford stepped forward alone to acknowledge the applause, and suddenly it grew into a cheering ovation. This was clearly Ford...
Graham preached from a bright blue $15,000 podium at second base, surrounded by the live greenery of the Braves' infield and a cluster of yellow and violet plastic flowers immediately under the platform. Each night, he strode across the field with head bowed, looking up once or twice--precisely when he reached the photographers who wanted a candid snapshot...
...complains that they have become the last to get any information since my husband was appointed Foreign Minister." For one thing, covering her husband's press conferences can be a trying experience. Though he often gives her a buss on the cheek on his way to the podium, Thorn likes to answer his wife's queries with such teasing asides as, "If Madame had arrived on time, she would know that question has already been asked." At one briefing, Thorn told his wife, "Now that's a very good question, for once...