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...President John J. Sweeney, Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass.) and Kerry joined Gore on the podium...
When cops gather at a press conference to announce the arrest of Wall Street crooks, the swarm of officials on the podium is enough to violate the fire code. In the 1980s, then U.S. Attorney (and now New York City mayor) Rudolph Giuliani would lead an entourage befitting a heavyweight boxing champ...
...routine class often includes several professors, TFs, guest speakers, and students scurrying up to the podium in Emerson 108 to share their knowledge on whatever topic has come up. Informal discussion is common, and rarely does everyone stick to one discipline on a given...
...large, enthusiastic crowd greeted the renowned poet Maya Angelou as she gracefully stepped forward to the podium. Standing before a gathering of Democrats at their August convention in Chicago, Angelou put forth ideas applicable to both Republicans and Democrats. In her inimitable river of words, she urged Americans to "discuss the issues that separate us," yet maintain respect for one another "since we are more alike than unalike...
...members of the crowd to expect a hardened, embattled writer who, like most who have achieved worldwide recognition, is fairly arrogant. Instead, at the traditional Harvard time of seven minutes after the hour, a minuscule lady with long glimmering gray hair took her place in front of the podium (she was too short to stand be seen standing behind it). At first, it was hard to believe that this gentle, unassuming woman was the famous Maxine Hong Kingston whose ideas had had such a large impact upon American literature. It soon became obvious, though, that her true power...