Word: podium
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weather on that day was scorchingly hot and humid. The courtyard where the party was held was canopied by ancient oak and maple trees. There was a podium, decorated with the school crest and with flowers wilting from heat exhaustion...
...Haydn transformed Yoo completely into conductor, but without a podium or baton. Lin, Yoo and most of the players stood on equal ground as Professor of Mathematics Noam D. Elkies accompanied on harpsichord...
...remaining two of the triumvirate that ruled Haiti sincethey led a coup in 1991, have resigned and plan to slip into well-heeled exile.Cedras announced he was stepping down five days before the U.S.-imposeddeadline, but screams from hundreds of pro-democracy Haitians drowned out hisfarewell speech from a podium at army headquarters in downtown Port-au-Prince."I have decided to leave our country so my presence will not be a motive tocreate terror," he explained. He left with a salute, turning the army over tohis No. 2, Maj. Gen. Jean-Claude Duperval, who is expected to be replacedquickly...
Garber's lecture focuses on what was "natural and unnatural" about Richard III. She repeatedly refers to the plot of the play, and reads and acts out scenes from behind the podium...
...catch for what is basically a pops performance. "Somebody has to steer this boat," he says. On a promotional video, Mehta appears as happy as a child at play, mixing it up with his three hammy friends. This is a rare sight; he is famous for his podium scowl. The unwonted ebullience points to one of the charms of the Three Tenors format: everyone is loose, laughing and ready for a little horseplay...