She doesn't have a podium; instead a subordinate male kneels at her feet gratefully, holding her the text of her address steady in the air.
The 44-year-old wearily belly-flopped directly onto the podium instead.
"A space had been provided in front of the podium for candidates to make speeches, but some candidates chose to stand on the deputy returning officer's podium instead, after he had returned to the count hall.
Ballroom DJ Mike Q ditched the podium, instead prowling the dancefloor snapping photos.
Which was a nice thing for him to say, although someone suggested he must have been gulping the podium champagne instead of spraying it.
By the second rally of his weekend campaign swing, Vice President Dick Cheney seemed to be getting the hang of it, delivering an entire line of his standard stump speech looking at the audience instead of the podium as he usually does.
But there was something surreal in watching the candidate who is so allergic to details dwelling on every detail of the debate format, from the location (nothing adjacent to anything named after a Democratic president) to the questioners (Larry King would be best) to the furniture (a table instead of podiums would be nice).
After the stage, instead of any podium presentations, the four jersey classification leaders (Millar, Alessandro Petacchi, Gianluca Brambilla, and Jan Bakelants) appeared on stage with the team to lead another moment of silence.
After the stage, instead of any podium presentations, the four jersey classification leaders (Millar, Alessandro Petacchi, Gianluca Brambilla, and Jan Bakelants) appeared on stage with the Leopard Trek team to lead another moment of silence.
But at the last minute, the organizers e-mailed each campaign with a "slight change": Mr. Rangel would appear on his own, instead of sharing the podium with his challengers.
