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...Literatures, as he led the Faculty in a round of applause for Faust. “I might start liking question period,” she said. “Other questions?” VAGUE FAUST When History of Art and Architecture professor Jeffrey F. Hamburger took the podium during the question-and-answer session, he eschewed something that has become a habit for him—an expression of concern for the state of the University’s libraries. “Not about the library,” Hamburger assured the group before asking for clarification...
...understandably, given his rapid ascent. But if Obama is a rookie acting like a veteran, Pelosi, a career politician, has all too often filled the role of the bumbler in 2009. In her initial press conference on what the CIA told her, she fumbled through her notes, departed the podium, returned to the podium, departed again and accused the CIA of lying to her - a charge she had clarified the next day by blaming the Bush Administration. To call it a disastrous public performance would be polite. (See an interactive guide to the first 100 days...
...knew there were so many different LEGO accessories and facial expressions? There's a Gitmo prisoner strapped to a stretcher wearing a black hood - made out of LEGOs. There's a detainee getting waterboarded - by LEGO figurines. There's President Bush declaring "Missing Accomplished" - standing at a LEGO podium. "By using toys, I hope the viewer will linger longer over the image and think again about what is actually being depicted or described, in a visual language that is recognized by us all: LEGO," wrote Legofesto in an e-mail...
Then comes a trickier issue. Despite talk of a post-racial America in the Obama era, Davis is acutely aware that the issue of race remains, and that he must manage it deftly. And so he does, at times directly, from the podium. "People say to me, 'You know, what you're trying to do is kind of difficult, right?' They mean different things when they say that. But ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to let other people talk about what we're not ready for. Or what they think we cannot do. I trust the people of Alabama...
Taking the podium again for his keynote speech, Petraeus cracked jokes about Princeton and Yale before honoring the former servicemen in attendance...