Since the mid-1990s, the library, through the Newport Beach Public Library Foundation and private and corporate donations, has presented some big names under both programs.
Each May since 2011, Harvard Law School has presented "HLS Thinks Big," a TED Talks-style event that invites faculty members to present a "big idea" in front of an audience of faculty, students and staff.
"We want to maintain high-profile exhibitions," Mr. Shapiro said, noting the six blockbuster shows, including ones on Matisse, Picasso and Norman Rockwell, that the museum has presented since its big exhibition during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
By Amy Davidson Sorkin September 19 , 2012The (http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/full-transcript-mitt-romney-secret-video) has presented so many big issues to talk about, from tax policy to peace in the Middle East to his fixation on the theme of resentment (I wrote about that one in Daily Comment Wednesday) that some of its more modest oddities might be missed.
In botching the launch of his signature policy innovation, the Affordable Care Act, he has presented his opponents with a big, heavy club, which they are wielding enthusiastically over his head.
The outcome of the election, then, has presented China with its biggest crisis in cross-strait relations in years.
The current beatification of Dale Earnhardt as a man's man who sacrificed himself to shepherd his flock to the finish line, a hero who in death evoked both John Wayne and Jesus, has presented America with its biggest jolt of sports and evangelical Christianity since Billy Sunday left the Chicago outfield a century ago to become a superstar preacher.
A seasoned and respected broadcaster across radio and television over many years, Mark Pougatch has presented some of the biggest shows in sports journalism and his CV includes Match of The Day and Football Focus on BBC television.
Following 24 years in private practice, a PhD in sociology and 7 more years in chiropractic academia, the author still wonders what all the fuss is about, but certainly recognizes the difficulties that The Big Idea has presented [ 3].
