Some thought the coalition went too far when it tried to prevent the seating of the president-elect, Otilio Ulate, a Social Democrat.
Another possibility is that the fraud cases will delay the seating of the new Parliament, and with it important policy initiatives like those on peace and reconciliation.
As befits such a hierarchical society, seating of the nobles was arranged in a wide circle to reflect the rank of all the participants.
From the vantage point of the musicians, the stadium seating of the Beaumont is vertiginous: it calls to mind the tilty carnival ride that goes by the name the Zero Gravity.
Mr. Plouffe once again pointed out something that the Obama campaign has been quick to interject ever since Senator Clinton began urging the seating of the Florida delegates once it became clear she would win that state.
While some prefer the reserved seating of the members-only Aspen Mountain Club, there are plenty captains of industry, Hollywood players and members of the House of Saud carrying cafeteria trays.
Flooding the diminutive stage and seating of the Barrow Street Theater with fog for the new production "TraumNovela," for example, might not have been the best move on the part of the Six Figures Theater Company.
With the rivalry between Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton splitting the party, Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, met with Florida party officials in an effort to resolve the seating of the state's delegates at the national convention.
Mr. Gilbert, who began his tenure as music director last week, has put a more modern stamp on the repertory, intensified rehearsals and changed the seating of the orchestra.
The party's Rules and Bylaws Committee is meeting in Washington at the end of the month to vote on an effort by the Clinton campaign to permit the seating of the delegations.
On the seating of the Florida delegation, Mrs. Clinton, in again deriding caucuses — where Mr. Obama bested her handily, said: "At the end of the day, let's get back to one person, one vote.
