Word: podium
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dialogue. That concern faded almost as soon as Brandt, in a blue suit and orange tie, marched up to the blue and orange podium in Hannover. "This Congress has to confirm explicitly that what the Social Democrats said before the election is valid for them after the election," he said. "Whoever does not occupy the center cannot hold the majority in a democracy; whoever loses the center cannot govern." Blasting Juso calls for an American troop withdrawal, he said: "Without America's presence, we would not be able to negotiate realistically on European security ... But our American partners have...
Worth. The old stars-Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug and Betty Friedan-willingly turned the podium over to some fresher faces. Among them: Philadelphia Councilwoman Dr. Ethel Allen ("I'm what's known as Philadelphia's fat Shirley Chisholm"), Colorado's new Democratic U.S. Representative, Pat Schroeder, 32, the mother of two preschoolers, and Baltimore Councilwoman Barbara Mikulski, who made a strong and witty plea that the convention not forget the blue-collar woman...
Samuel S. Bowles, the most prominent of Harvard's "shafted" radical economists, mounted a Harvard podium Thursday night, maybe for the last time...
...their differences, the two brothers show every sign of working well together. At Fiat's most recent annual meeting, Gianni held his customary sway oh the podium, reaching out occasionally to accept a lighted cigarette from Umberto. Yet when Umberto has something to say about autos, Italian businessmen have learned to listen. Especially if Fiat's profit picture improves, many of them expect Gianni to withdraw slowly from active management of Fiat, concentrate on the family's sidelines-including insurance, banking, real estate, publishing and other financial interests besides autos-and turn the auto business over...
...factionalism was there with a vengeance. "Read this if you take your politics seriously," cried a vendor of "New Solidarity." The SDS contingent, denied a speaker on the podium, marched behind a yellow truck, determined to have its say. "We're in Washington fighting Nixon, not just mourning," someone said over the truck's loudspeaker. When the contingent got to the monument grounds, a speaker at the platform urged the crowd on his left to "sit down, lie down in front of that truck. Don't let them come through. We want this to be a non-violent protest...