Women scientists barred from speaking at podiums.
Placed across the park's circular central plaza is Amalia Pica's "Now, Speak!," a podium cast in concrete that seems to invite people to step up and say whatever is on their minds.
Pierson began by speaking from the podium, mentioning the economic downturn that was weighing on the minds of many in the audience.
Priebus, speaking at the podium in front of mainly journalists, expressed hope that those in the path of Isaac will be kept out off harm's way.
Here she is in a smart black suit and gold necklace, addressing an unidentified gathering, here speaking from a podium, perhaps at the UN.
Later, speaking from the podium, Tutu expressed frustration at the betrayal of such sacrifices after the dawn of multiracial democracy in 1994.
Senator John McCain, speaking from the podium, mentioned "a disingenuous filmmaker," an obvious reference to Mr. Moore, whose film, "Fahrenheit 9/11," was a scathing attack on President Bush.
Activists said that Mr. Yeshi, who left Tibet a couple of years ago, self-immolated while Inder Singh Namdhari, a minister in the lower house of Parliament, was speaking at the podium about the high number of self-immolations in Tibet.
And the person who was speaking at the podium was a scoutmaster we'd flown in to tell his story, a scoutmaster from Monument, Colo., that I just drove through.
Huckabee and Santorum, two past winners of the Iowa caucuses, both talked briefly about their deep concern for veterans while dealing with the awkwardness of speaking behind a podium with "TRUMP" emblazoned on it.
