In 1937, she and Ziskind launched lecture-discussion groups at the old Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (a predecessor of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center).
But some of those calls are not going very well, as council members say the mayor expressed fleeting gratitude for their support before launching into lectures about taxes.
Stratton became a leading force for the humanities, bringing art onto the campus, launching a lecture series, and holding court each week at her Memorial Drive residence in what those invited came to think of as an elegant salon," writes Boston Globe reporter Bryan Marquard of the life and legacy of Catherine Stratton, wife of former MIT President Julius Stratton.
"Fox was unjustly imprisoned," said Nixon, launching into lecture mode and betraying his identification with a persecuted 17th-century figure.
Prior to joining Westin, Chris was one of only 75 personal trainers across the country to reach Tier 4 Coach status for Equinox Fitness Clubs, where he served as the team's marathon expert, advising coaches on best practices in aerobic training and launching a lecture series about helping clients train for their best race times.
Newly married in Oxford to Humphry (then a progressive don), Mary Ward launched the "lectures for women" programme.
"Thomas Pogge: Could Globalization be Good for the World's Poor?" the launch lecture of the Hertie School Lecture Series: Moral Challenges in a Globalizing World – Ethics and Public Policy, September 14 , 2011
A brief foray into the formal characteristics of contemporary popular music is used to launch this lecture on musical form.
On Monday, March 23, Conway -- who has fought his way back to health from a 2006 stroke -- will launch another lecture series that will once again place his mind and legendary personality squarely in the spotlight.
The suitcase bops Captain Sullenberger on his head and he frowns and stares down the unruly passenger, calling her "young lady" and gravely launching into a lecture about the importance of tarmac safety and how items tend to jostle in the overhead compartments.
It suggested ways to inaugurate conversations without launching into a lecture, reminded me of the importance of listening as well as speaking, and convinced me that manners, properly understood, existed to make other people feel comfortable, rather than (as I had suspected) to demonstrate the practitioner's social superiority.
