On a day when more than 800 institutions and individual investors, controlling more than $50bn£34bnbn) in assets, committed to divest, the Rockefellers were the marquee name – delivering a jolt of energy to the fossil fuel divestment movement that had been steadily expanding from college campuses to philanthropies and pension funds.
He later stated that TNA "definitely lived up to its name, delivering Total Nonstop Action from top to bottom" with a "well-executed mixture of excellent storytelling in the Iron Man match, high-flying excitement in the Ultimate X match, and brutal hardcore violence in the Monsters Ball, this show is definitely one that has to be seen, either on the replay or on the DVD when it becomes available".
"Their expectations include the taste and the flavor but also the quality and price, and a brand name delivers that".
And Antonella Rana, daughter-in-law of the pasta maker who gave the company its name, delivers more than her share of vivacious enthusiasm to the project.
By the end, there were 37 of them next to his name, delivered to all parts of the box, regardless of circumstance, with and without spin or swerve, at various speeds up to 133mph.
The former governor (and judge) Brendan Byrne, who may be better remembered in these parts for the sporting arena that no longer bears his name, delivered a brief introductory standup routine ("So as I was saying, I've been around a long time. I remember Preparation A"), and then it was showtime.
One is to be France, whose performers, as you would hope, grind away in French, year after year, repelling all intruders, giving only the barest hint that other languages, let alone other civilizations, even exist; their man in Oslo, Jessy Matador (possibly not his real name), delivered a song called "Allez Olla Olé," which is as close as France will ever come to hedging its bets.
So do the marquee names deliver?
It was that sort of season, where the lesser-known names delivered the most coherent fashion statements.
One is that Mr. Stookey is introducing not annoyingly brief excerpts, but full-length songs; you can feel the odd combination of earnestness and excitement as the youthful unknowns, now all household names, deliver their lyrics of protest and disillusioned romance.
And in his State of the Union speech he did not even mention Mr. bin Laden by name, simply delivering a general warning to terrorists that "you will not escape the justice of this nation".
