Sentences with phrase «meskel daises»

Bill Clinton, meanwhile, looks at me as if he'd rather stand on a burning ship in the Persian Gulf than on the Inc. conference dais.

«He tended to wheel around the low dais at the front of the room while he delivered his pre-recorded lecture and a graduate student wrote equations on the blackboard,» said Colless.

But hours before Pai is scheduled to take the dais at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., several Democratic senators who support the rules outlined how they would seek to rally public support and try to save the rules.

Among those on the dais was Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat with whom he quarreled bitterly in the spring over legislation authorizing him to negotiate trade pacts like one with 11 other Pacific Rim nations.

In addition to being an eloquent and engaging presenter during her time on the dais, she motivates her audience to discuss relevant issues long after the talk is over.

And, in the vein of a long, impressive line of comedians to take the dais before her (like Stephen Colbert and Cecily Strong), host Michelle Wolf went there, joshing about everything from the Stormy Daniels affair to «pro-life» congressmen (with pregnant mistresses) to a tree falling on Kellyanne Conway.

Oakes, who was promoted from town clerk a year ago, stepped down from the dais and hugged members of the public.

A postmodern critique of the Catholic Church would find less grist in current controversies than in modern elements already present in the Church: the substituted vernacular mass, or the presence of national flags on church daises.

For the second time in 10 days, Fu took to the dais with Smith, holding up his cell phone and translating questions to Chen and relaying his answers.

And that which holds the pulpit, whether it be floor, dais, or chancel, also holds the preacher.

Norman's athletic career, along with Smith's and Carlos», ended the day he took the dais to receive his silver medal.

He received his badge from a member of the U.S. rowing team and the three men walked toward the dais, in unity, for a common cause.

Daily it is brought out from its overnight depository with considerable ceremony, properly adorned and vested, and placed on a dais where the faithful may see and pay homage to it.

That screwed - up spot - kick guaranteed that nobody would ever remember her falling off the dais.

«Hopefully I can keep it together here,» Bickell said — walking to the dais with a smile.

On the dais was Muhammad Ali, who picked up an honorary doctor of laws degree.

In a sappy little ceremony, the honoree is led to the dais, placed on a throne and given a crown, a robe and a scepter.

See Jim Mora stalk off the dais, leaving cameras to linger, Bergman - like, on his sweating water glass.

«When you get to the banquet you find you're one of 25 guys sitting on an unsteady dais.

After watching Walton, who towered over the rest of the men on the dais, pledge allegiance to the flag and sing America the Beautiful, almost all the Rotarians remark in some fashion or another how good it is to see Bill «straightened out.»

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That will no doubt provide him with considerable cover, since a crowded dais means less time per candidate to answer questions.

At this point, Sen. Diane Savino, a Staten Island Democrat who was presiding from the dais, interjected: «I would just remind the members of the house that we should try and leave personal invective out of the debate.»

(Also on the dais is former state Democratic Party Chairwoman June O'Neill).

The President is by all noble means setting a cardinal dais, diminishing the sturdy hold that corruption has on some major facets; features like money laundering represent in bold relief one of the major ways corruption criminals utilizes to loot the country's commonwealth.»

He came on the podcast to share some of his secrets from the dais and talked about the responsibility of filling the shoes of the lieutenant governor in the chamber.

On the dais, he is greeted warmly by Rep. José Serrano (D - N.Y.), who has endorsed him.

At a news conference last week to announce the LIRR's service plan for the summer, when an Amtrak construction project will reduce capacity at Penn, Lhota shared the dais with interim MTA executive director Veronique Hakim and interim chairman Fernando Ferrer.

During his tenure as mayor, Rosenblum has fostered a loyal constituency in a primarily Democratic village, and has proven a stalwart in Mamaroneck where — despite consistent Democratic challenges — he has remained seated at the dais for four consecutive terms.

«You have people sitting on this dais, who are running for this congressional seat, that have had decades to respond to the needs of this community, and they have not done it,» said Mr. Williams, a veteran of the Obama and Clinton administrations, highlighting rising rents in Harlem, the Bronx and across the city.

He said no gun was found in the young man's bag nor did he draw close to the dais where the president was standing.

Speaking without notes, and rejecting the dais from which Mr Davis read his speech, Mr Cameron told a packed hall of reporters and MPs at the Royal Academy in London that they would have to «wait and see» on who would be in his shadow cabinet.

Mr. Adajagsa, who looked overjoyed for his school being the only secondary school in the region to host the president throughout that tour, appeared to be equally over the moon as he was also privileged to sit next to the president on a red - carpeted dais that held about 15 people.

But the president will step onto the dais with historically low poll numbers, and amid an ongoing battle with the mainstream media.

Among the notable government officials on the dais with the president were the Minister of Communications, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, the Head of the Citizens» Complaints Unit and parliamentary candidate of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Builsa South, Dr. Clement Apaak as well as the Member of Parliament for Builsa South and Minister of State at the Presidency, Alhassan Azong.

Borough President James Oddo, who was seated on the dais next to Bharara, said he was «thrilled» to meet the former prosecutor for the first time.

The Gaming Commissioners, sitting on a dais, instead dutifully wrote down the questions without responding.

The fact that Dean Skelos would even be seen on a dais with a nut job like Ted Cruz is pretty disgusting.

Graduands were called up one after the other to the dais to be congratulated by school authorities on their feat.

There was a brief break in the program when one of the residents standing on a dais behind the officials fainted while Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, in whose district the press conference took place, was speaking.

You actually have the right priorities,» Cuomo said from the dais.

A native of Harlan County, Kentucky, she had a distinct twang and delivery that she employed to critique Republican policy with regularity from the dais and on the House floor.

After Wednesday's press conference, Cuomo sat on a small dais next to Schnedierman and defended the executive order.

De Blasio lingered on the dais, shaking hands with several people, and even posing for a photograph taken by businessman John Catsimatidis, who unsuccessfully sought the 2013 Republican mayoral nomination.

«I can't emphasize enough why I think that this is a terrible idea, and I was hoping you would agree with me,» State Senator Liz Krueger, who represents parts of Manhattan's East Side, said, staring down from a dais.

The gaming commissioners, sitting on a dais, instead dutifully wrote down the questions without responding.

Since his eyesight doesn't permit him to sit on a dais and refresh off 3 - by - 5 cards before being introduced, the man commits everything to memory the night before.

Two of the Council members joining de Blasio on the dais today, Levine and Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson, have both sponsored legislation to establish a «right to counsel» for those face life - altering decisions in civil courts — something that has become an increasing concern of many legal professionals, including former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman.