Word: pulpiteering
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...tell you about the spirit of the meeting, but the image I have of it is without the buoyancy, hope and excitement we felt that day. The image lacks these elements because although the congregation can be seen alive, moving, with faces expectant, there is no preacher behind the pulpit. But back to that morning in Alabama...
...entered was Reverend Holmes Borders of Atlanta, who was to warm up the congregation for Reverend King. Reverend Borders was known throughout the South as a great preacher and a dramatic speaker. As we sat down, Reverend Borders began his sermon not with words, but by moving the pulpit from the center of the church to the side. He then announced that where the pulpit had stood was now home base because he was going to preach about "the great baseball game." Reverend Borders believed that religion should be dramatized to make its point and that life should have laughter...
...revelation that in 1973, R.J. Reynolds actively recruited young smokers has President Clinton pounding his bully pulpit for that tobacco settlement. The ugly truth -- and don't tell Al Gore -- is that Clinton doesn't really care...
...course, I don't expect Stewart and Cohen to drop their campaign pledge--"Action, for a change"--and embrace the council's bully pulpit. But at the least, if they are going to set aside "political" causes, they could work for things that really do matter to all students--universal keycard access, Core reform, advising reform and meal-plan flexibility...
...takes a much more active president who's much more willing to use the bully pulpit and work harder to organize things," said Weinberg, a vocal supporter of Hyman and Rawlins during his term on the council