Word: rostrum
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...Menderes, demanded immediate and total amnesty. The army junta, which had overthrown Menderes was against letting anyone go. Wily Inonu finally won out by allowing his divided government to collapse and forming a new coalition with two small parties that agreed with him. Striding spryly up to the rostrum after the Deputies had passed his amnesty, Inonu said: "This is a big step toward attaining peace and happiness in the country. I congratulate...
Unpresumptuous Try. Yet when Ben Bella strode to the rostrum...
Kennedy turned back to his main political pitch, a theme that he hopes will help re-elect such hard-pressed Democratic candidates as Ohio's Governor Michael Di Salle. "The Republicans have made the word no a political program,'' he cried. He banged the rostrum with his fist. "I believe in the word...
...beach," he said. But when his helicopter settled down, there were 100,000 waiting to listen and cheer. Kennedy, obviously pleased, responded with fervor. As he promised a partnership between the U.S. and a new Europe (see THE WORLD), he spoke in a loud and firm voice, thumped the rostrum with his fist to drive home his points...
...Laird Bell '04, the President of the Alumni Association and the man responsible for inviting Marshall to speak at Harvard, "the Secretary of State determined to go all out for what has become known as the Marshall Plan, and a speech was prepared accordingly. The question was then the rostrum from which it should be delivered. Two or three suggestions were made, and then the Secretary remembered that he had been invite to receive a Harvard degree and that seemed a highly suitable occasion. He therefore indicated that he would like to accept and of course was welcome...