Sentences with word «lectern»

Bennington College President Mariko Silver at lectern, April 12, 2015.

Reaching out to different cultures and creeds, different beliefs and backgrounds, our school symbolizes and is built upon a community of learners who acknowledge that education - far more than just the relaying of information from lecterns and course packets - encompasses the passionate interactions and intellectual contributions of a very diverse and very talented group of people.

This noble creature, a heroic arbiter possessed of powers to sense the «quality» and «value» of legal services, has attained an exalted status at conferences, around tables, behind lecterns and upon podia the length and breadth of the land.

And leaning on lecterns, piles of law books or otherwise should be eschewed: it looks bad and is bad — for breathing and, hence, for the voice.

Fortunately, a wide range of lectern products are available to meet the varied functions your business demands with style and practicality.

Audio / visual equipment available for meetings at Trappeur's Crossing include an LCD projector and screen, lectern with built - in sound system, telephone enabled for conference calls, television, VCR and DVD player.

He's been at many lecterns in front of many audiences, and the fact he's returning to his old haunt to address a public forum Nov. 13 and a private student assembly on Nov. 14 is not lost on the 45 - year - old.

Thirdly, I wonder if those vast front benches or enormous lecterns which hide the lecturer and restrict their movements are really necessary?

For the easiest storage solution, tabletop lecterns are even available in folding designs that can be collapsed, carried, and stored flat.

Many lecterns in our churches carry the Bible on the back of the eagle.

Two months before his death, Mayor Joe Serna stood behind a thin wooden lectern at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School here, and told the crowd gathered that the transformation of Sacramento's schools was something rare and precious.

Instead Cameron stood behind his special lectern - a more curvy wooden affair than the white plastic lump every other delegate had to speak from - and fired out messages to all and sundry.

From Christian lecterns and pulpits we hear proclaimed in noisy and confident terms detailed information concerning the essence of God, the exact course of his providential activity and the inner life of the three Divine Persons in the unity of the divisive substance.

Thanks to a wide range of options in material and design, it is easy to select lecterns that fit your style needs without sacrificing function.

The most traditional décor settings may call for a solid wood lectern, although a high quality veneer can blend in well and offer practical advantages for cost and mobility.

If the staff will be communicating with patrons over a sound system, the best lectern option will include integrated mics and amplifiers to reduce cords and clutter behind the stand.

For outdoor patio or other dining areas, polyurethane lecterns offer the practicality of a weatherproof material available in a virtually limitless range of colors.

So here stood Belichick last weekend at the same lectern where two days earlier he had denied any prior knowledge of deflated footballs.

Earlier today, that telling lectern had appeared outside the door of Downing Street again.

Despite tough criticism and insults from the president and his allies — a top African - American Trump surrogate, former Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke, characterized Wilson as «a buffoon» while White House chief of staff John Kelly teed off on her from a White House lectern — the 74 - year - old Democrat hasn't flinched, firing back with caustic responses honed by years of full - contact Miami politics.

The village church where Strickland is buried has images of turkeys depicted in stained - glass windows, a carved lectern and even stone sculptures on the walls.

But best of all, there is no fixed lectern or bench, so the speaker is very visible and can interact easily with the audience if she wants to.

The statues included headmaster Dumbledore, standing behind his famous golden owl lectern.

Inside this tomb, he finds a strange small pyramidal rock on a excavated lectern in the rock with a lot of puzzling hieroglyphs.

Sometimes compositions are resolved with a strong figurative element like a green mushroom or, in the case of «July,» what looks like a distorted lectern.

In their first show with the gallery since 2009, artist duo Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla present a show focused on three works that represent the breadth of their collaborative multimedia practice and explore existential themes — a sculptural installation made from acrylic lecterns, dinosaur bones, and the remains of extinct species; a performance in which three vocalists whistle at a four - billion - year - old rock; and a sound work based on recordings of breath.

Installation: Facistol (pine lectern inspired by Luis Barragán, mounted reproductions from Luis Barragán's personal archive), architectural model.

Ranting Mop Head (Synthesized Voice), 1995, is a mop outfitted with tubing, air pumps, and valves, attached to a timber lectern which supports a player - piano that forms words without the use of computer chips or recordings, uttering phrases such as «Are you my mommy?»

A steel lectern picks up your spoken word, Google language software converts it to text, and then you see your thoughts and feelings (or in my case, «Annette») crawl up Hull's iconic tidal barrier down the street in a large dot - matrix font.

OXFORD, U.K. — Behind locked doors in one of the oldest libraries in Europe, two dozen scholars mill around a conference table where rare medieval manuscripts perch on lecterns, illuminated by natural light streaming in from floor - to - ceiling windows.

Dana Balter, at lectern, speaks at a press event Tuesday in Syracuse.

A lot of lecterns are fitted with plenty of drawers and cupboards, but a quick check of the one in our main science theatre last week revealed a jumble of forgotten handouts from a conference, an expensive but chalky calculator, several well chewed pens, some overhead projection transparencies with print so minute that I took one and frightened my students with it, a pair of prescription spectacles (abandoned, perhaps, because their owner couldn't read the words on the screen?)

Audio / visual equipment, including an LCD projector and screen, lectern with built - in sound system, conference call phone, and TV / VCR / DVD, are also available.

«The mayor needs to come clean with the people of this city,» said Malliotakis, standing in front of the wobbly wooden lectern that her small group of handlers transport to every press conference and most of her campaign events.

«Trump has told allies and aides he doesn't want Spicer, who has developed a belligerent persona from behind the lectern, publicly defending and explaining the message anymore.»

You may feel safer standing behind a big furniture piece, but gripping the top of the lectern and making low hidden gestures won't do you any good.

Have your hands out and moving or at the very least resting on the lectern lightly.

Clarke said from the lectern at Quicken Loans Arena at the onset of his prime - time convention speech.

There are at least 20 common tics to tackle, including: clenching or wringing your hands, pacing back and forth, keeping your hands in pockets, jingling change or keys, twisting your ring, gripping the lectern, licking your lips, adjusting your hair or clothing, fidgeting with a pen, bobbing your head, placing your arms behind your back, and touching your face.

«The strangest requests are for us to make a lectern bulletproof.

Standing at the lectern, he would look out at the audience and say, with a smile on his face, «Hello, my name is Deepak.

He read from a teleprompter, sometimes stumbling over words, and he kept a tight hold on the lectern.

Trump told his senior team that he was pleased with Spicer's more confident and relaxed turn at the lectern.

On Monday, Spicer returned to the lectern, crisply dressed and appearing more comfortable as he parried questions from the press corps.

The very fact that he is standing behind a lectern bearing the vice-presidential seal is, one could argue, a loaves - and - fishes - level miracle.

Don't let it sit hidden on the ambo or lectern; make it visible.

That day, as he stood behind the speaker's lectern, he felt like an Israelite in exile called upon to sing for his Babylonian captors.

But a pastor can't exactly approach the lectern on a Sunday morning, shrug her shoulders, and declare to the congregation, «You know what guys?

A group of elderly Egyptian men in white robes crowds around a lectern, upon which sits a dusty tome.