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...around it 25 different ways, and she never volunteered anything." But the final moments of the conversation were awkward because it was clearly the end of the issue. The trio at last emerged from the 75-minute session with reddened eyes -- and 45 minutes later, the President mounted the podium in the press room to kill the nomination. Gripping the lectern and raising his fists, showing more emotion than he had expressed at any time since the dog days of New Hampshire, he said, "I cannot fight a battle I know is divisive, that is an uphill battle, that...
Come tomorrow, an awesome spectacle will face Powell when he takes the podium. Seven thousand pink balloons, each representing one gay soldier who has been discharged from the military since Powell took office, will be his audience...
...unlike most of his fellow graduates, one member of Jacob Shapiro's entourage will be accompanying him to the Dunster House podium...
Kennedy, who has voiced his support of the union in the past, received a standing ovation from about 200 union members as he stepped up to the Ames Courtroom podium at the Law School's Austin Hall...
Protest itself is nothing new to Commencement. For Law School graduates, it's practically a tradition. Last year, Law School students booed loudly when Dean Robert C. Clark stepped to the podium. They carried placards that read, "HLS Discriminates," "Resign Dean Clark" and "Dean--let me tell you about self-esteem." They held up a giant banner that blared, "Down with--Discrimination!!! Down with--The Dean!!!" Clark seemed unfazed; he tipped his hat politely to the crowd...