There are definitely more and they have little to do with gavels and wigs and more to do with upholding the cultural and tribal status quo in communities.
That is because at a live auction, if someone makes a bid in the seconds before the gavel goes down, the gavel does not go down.
And, when you do control the gavel, not only can you move an agenda forward but you can actually [move them].
Just because a jury announces a verdict or a judge bangs his gavel doesn't make a ruling gospel truth.
In fact, it's the same dilemma Boehner has faced on multiple issues ever since he picked up the speaker's gavel: do what the Tea Party wing of the Republicans wants, or do what the Republican Party establishment wants.
CBS will make gavel-to-gavel coverage available at no charge at www.cbsnews.com.
But with the Senate split 31-31, aneitherher side willing to acknowledge the other's right to pass legislation or run the chamber, there is little that Republicans and Democrats are likely to do on Saturday but gavel in, say the Pledge of Allegiance, and gavel out.
It intends to provide "gavel to gavel" coverage of the convention sessions, with some network correspondents doing double duty — at least partly as a way to save money in an economically challenging year for all the news divisions.
Chairperson says do not put the gavel there.
For years auction houses have looked beyond the gavel and done exactly what dealers do.
