Word: rostrums
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...This time something new happened, a violation of custom for which old Capitol Hill newsmen could recall no precedent: in a grand gesture of affection and respect, both Congressmen and spectators stood up and applauded the old man as he started up the steps to the Speaker's rostrum...
...Nation's Future (NBC, 9:30-10 p.m.). Prominent Cincinnati Attorney and Episcopal Layman Charles P. Taft takes the affirmative on "Should a Church Pulpit Be a Political Rostrum?" The naysayer: Roman Catholic Layman William F. Buckley, editor of the spiky, ultra-conservative National Review...
...gold, yellow and orange with little porkpie beanies on their heads. Between them, they constituted one of the world's noisiest Parliaments. Each speaker was greeted with cries of "Heah, heah" from his friends and derisory shouts of "Sit down, you wretched fool" from his foes; from the rostrum came the perennial plea for "Odah, odah!" But somehow, through the din, the nation's problems got discussed and decided...
...Grand Rapids, Nixon's appearance was a genuine triumph. So packed were the crowds in downtown Campau Square that weary newsmen could not get through to the rostrum. There, as in Muskegon, anti-Nixon demonstrators pelted the visitors with eggs and tomatoes; one egg hit Nixon in the leg, another struck a Secret Service agent.* ("I have been heckled by experts," Nixon cried, "so don't try anything on me or we'll take care...
Bayonet-like Blade. The first speaker was bull-necked Asanuma, who lumbered to the rostrum a few moments after 3 p.m., and in a deep, rasping voice began denouncing Japan's much-debated security pact with the U.S. Hecklers of a Nazi-style group called the Great Japan Patriots' Party showered the stage with leaflets and shouted "Shut up, Communist" and "Banzai the U.S.A." Asanuma ignored them. As he went on speaking, a youth leaped onto the stage. He was wearing boots, a student's high-collared black uniform and a thick jacket. He clutched a slightly...