In the lowest section, or podium, the emperor and his retinue had a special box; on the opposite side of the amphitheatre, but still in the podium, the vestal virgins, consuls, praetors, ambassadors, priests, and other distinguished guests were seated; the rest of the first gallery contained senators and those of the equestrian rank.
Even seemingly distinguished candidates that gain a seat in office have to scratch the backs of those that put them in office -- the parties that widely rely on union support for votes.
Around the same time, a senator from Maine named William P. Frye lamented that "there are several in our distinguished body who hold their seats by purchase".Is today's Senate any better?
Tina Thompson, now in the fourth quarter of her distinguished career, sat in the fourth seat over from the beginning of the bench, waiting for the sound of her name.
In 1975 Kennedy was appointed by President Gerald R. Ford to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and in that capacity he established himself as a distinguished candidate to fill the vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court created by the retirement of Justice Lewis Powell in 1987.
Follino's account records that although the duke had strictly limited the numbers from his household entitled to be there, many distinguished foreign visitors could not be seated and were obliged to crowd around the doors.
Illinois Representative Isaac Arnold wrote: "distinguished soldiers and citizens filled every available seat, to hear the eloquent old man speak on a measure that was to consummate the warfare of forty years against slavery".
It was gratifying to see a private citizen who has taken a quiet but distinguished role in politics apply for the Senate seat to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton, assuming Mrs. Clinton is confirmed as secretary of state.
How can this be distinguished?
