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...foot 7, so he was too tall for the microphone on the podium to record him,” explained Christopher J. Hollyday ’11, the chair of the IOP Forum Committee. Volcker, nicknamed “Tall Paul,” was quickly fitted with a personal microphone instead...
...have probably grabbed a quick lunch and are going on the fuel of coffee and donuts from the early morning. Dallas is probably listening carefully to arguments, watching one of his teams of two, PJ or SS or one of the others. Maybe one of them is at a podium, and the other is sifting through files, searching for the right evidence...
When History Professor Niall C. D. Ferguson begins his lecture at 10:07 a.m., he abandons the podium, choosing instead to pace in a slow, deliberate loop around the lectern. He speaks with the kind of proper British accent that makes Anglophiles swoon. As he makes an argument about the French Revolution, his throat wraps around certain words with a silky aggression that he punctuates by cocking an eyebrow or gesturing with his left hand, index finger and thumb closed into an “o” around a stub of chalk. His words are actually improvised. His paper...
...that aren’t in Ferguson’s vocabulary, it seems, are “um” or “ah” or “er.” Every once in a while, he’ll lean an elbow on the podium, cross his ankles, and place a hand in his pocket, then lecture from that vantage point. He never misses a beat or misreads his audience, some who didn’t manage to snag a chair...
Last December at a black-tie industry gala in New York City's famed Plaza Hotel, Ken Lewis strode past other top financial executives to the podium to accept the award for Banker of the Year. The financial industry was crashing, but Lewis looked to be at the top of his game. The CEO told the crowd, "It is incumbent upon all of us, especially those of us whose performance has left us in a strengthened leadership position, to help our industry find a new balance between our desire for economic growth and our need for market stability...