Word: podium
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Commencement ceremonies were brought to a chaotic standstill for 15 minutes after a group of 20 Cambridge residents and students jumped onto the podium to protest Harvard's housing policies in the nearby Riverside area...
...when he assumed power, is 78 now when surrendering it. "I know how old I am," he said last week. "I don't apologize for it." Nor does he apologize for anything else. Despite his years, he worked hard as Speaker, brokering for legislation, leaving the podium to engage in floor debate more than any of his predecessors. His life has been as lean and free of frivolity as his gaunt face. His only interests besides public business are his wife Harriet and his nephew Edward, who substituted for the children McCormack never...
...begins with a tableau modeled on the Descent of the Cross. The arms are lifeless, the knees bent, the head (hair artfully mussed) is low, and the whole corpse itself is bathed in perspiration. The first step down from the podium just fails to conceal a totter, but in spite of that the miracle worker somehow manages to reappear forty-six times...
...front of the podium. Daniel W. Billings Jr., a 28-year-old minister from the Universal Life Church, had had himself strapped to a crucifix and lifted into the air for the benefit of newsmen. He refused water which the New Mobe marshals begged him to take. "We came here to crucify Nixon." one of Billings's supporters explained...
...left, and so did a number of people. I was able to move a lot closer to the podium and to the more cloquent patriots there. Bob was clearly the hero, though. Part of the rest of the program was, in effect, a eulogy to Bob Hope, America's truest citizen. Every speaker bestowed upon certain figures the label "Great American," and no one forgot to include Bob on his list...