Sentence examples for murder boards from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, with Miers reportedly fumbling badly through her practice "murder boards" in preparation for Senate hearings, and with tried-and-true conservatives like Senator Sam Brownback, of Kansas, turning up their noses at her, the vote count was dubious.

Mr. Hagel went through three "murder boards," or mock hearings, in preparation for the real one, but White House officials privately made no argument that he had performed well.

It was in that job that she led the "murder boards," the mock sessions where Roberts and Alito prepared for their hearings, and fulfilled the Senate Judiciary Committee's voluminous document requests.

Sotomayor had undergone weeks of "murder boards," during which White House staff quizzed her on the latest legal developments (she had business law down but was less familiar with the administrative canon) and coached her on how to handle the senators (never interrupt a senator's question — he is speaking for television).

The overarching mission of the "Murder Boards" who prepped her for these hearings was to avoid as many specifics as possible.

In the prior post, you read how thoroughly the president's staff prepared Ms. Kagan for the hearings by subjecting her to Murder Boards, intense practice sessions in which tough questions were fired at her repeatedly and she gave her answers to those questions repeatedly.

-- Meanwhile, Kavanaugh had a two-hour "murder board" yesterday at the Eisenhower Office Building to rehearse for next week.

Summers played the role of "the ultimate murder board," according to Sperling, making the Treasury officials defend their ideas the way a Ph.D. student must defend a dissertation.

Aides have put him through so-called murder board sessions on his vulnerabilities and compiled documents detailing his accomplishments and weaknesses.

He led them through what's known as a murder board — a session in which officials prepare witnesses to answer tough questions.

One associate referred to Comey's preparation as a kind of "murder board" — a phrase used to describe a committee of questioners that hurls tough questions at someone as practice for a difficult oral examination.