These issues are exacerbated by access to the semi-private podium garden, which brings with it a separate additional service charge that pays for management and maintenance of the garden, fob access through one of the private blocks and maintenance of the access areas.
But exhibitions like Catching the Wave are a reminder that the passions behind women's struggles for equality on the podium, in private, and in the streets are as relevant as ever today.
Mr. Romney, whose staff hastily moved up his speech so he could beat the president to the podium, said that private enterprise, not government, was the key to expanding the economy, and that the Obama administration's policies on financial regulation, health care and energy had stifled that growth and had held back the recovery.
Three years ago, Rudy Giuliani's fee was $100,000 plus the cost of a private jet to get him to the podium.
The official stepped off the podium and escorted Mr. Liu to a private room.
Last week, NBC's Katy Tur, a target for criticism from the podium, noted that Trump "has joked in private with reporters about how he understands how the pool camera works".
If Mr. Ryan is opposed to a government bailout of private industry, as Mitt Romney was, why not stand up at the podium and forcefully make the case against it?
Unlike Mr Zuma, who usually breaks into song and dance on podiums across the country, Mr Motlanthe is a very private and restrained man.
Swept up into Karolyi's great bear-like arms – the coach who pushed her in private, but revelled in her triumph in public – she was carried to the podium, choking back tears.
Communist members of Parliament, who oppose private land ownership, tried to block the official from making his way to the podium to present the legislation, and then drowned out his speech with shouts.
