Frank ambled to the podium in his standard uniform: a monochromatic suit, a white shirt, and a rep tie.
He delivered a largely standard stump speech, to a typically adoring crowd, and was introduced, unexpectedly, by his wife before taking the podium.
Michele Mariotti's stylish, invigorating conducting, upholds Pesaro's high standard on the podium this year.
Get your yoga on at Orion, knock out a few Muay Thai classes (they're everywhere), or join a standard gym like Podium or The Press.
Rihanna, the gold standard, on a podium waiting to receive her prize, has the moment hijacked by her man, trying to turn this accolade into a news story about their on/off relationship.
Even so, the hypocrisy of Democratic party leaders now working out how to keep Edwards off the podium at their convention does show double standards.
His podium is music's middlebrow, the semi-classical standards of American composers such as George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Jerome Kern.
The aim is "to protect our workers, protect our environment and open new markets to new goods stamped 'Made in the USA'," he said; without mentioning that cheap imports raise living standards.Barely had he left the podium when Mr Reid mugged him.
He is recognized throughout Asia for the high standard of musicianship he brings to the podium as well as his ability to bring out the best in each player.
"Beichman said innocently that he wouldn't do it, on free speech grounds, and also because the ambassador from the Soviet Union had recently been given a Columbia podium," David Brooks, now a New York Times columnist, wrote in The Weekly Standard in 2003.
