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• n  desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer

• Then, as though slamming a hammer down on the lectern, Douglass says, "Pardon me.
• President Ronald Reagan stands behind a lectern as First Lady Nancy Reagan stands in a side doorway, planning to surprise the President with a birthday cake, at the White House on .
• That Warren should lend him a lectern has infuriated the pro-life activists and general hard-liners on the religious right.

• reading desk

News & Articles

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• Mizzou Chancellor Deaton to retire in November
  Mizzou Chancellor Deaton to retire in November Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 3:26 pm, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Standing in the Jesse Hall rotunda behind a lectern used in the same location by Mark Twain more than a century ago, Deaton spoke to a crowd of deans, state ...
  June 13, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
• Mizzou Chancellor Deaton to retire in November
  Mizzou Chancellor Deaton to retire in November Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 3:26 pm, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Standing in the Jesse Hall rotunda behind a lectern used in the same location by Mark Twain more than a century ago, Deaton spoke to a crowd of deans, state ...
  June 13, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
• Large charter school businesses draw criticism
  TALLAHASSEE - Jim Horne stood at the lectern addressing the House Education Committee. His testimony was relaxed. Like many Capitol regulars, pitching lawmakers for him is a low-stress event.
  June 9, 2013 - The St. Augustine Record

Quotes

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• Sarah Palin in The Guardian
  To win the war on terrorism, Palin said, "we need a commander-in-chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern".
• Prince Charles in BBC News
  The newspaper reported that the Prince wrote: "After my speech, the President detached himself from the group of appalling old waxworks who accompanied him and took his place at the lectern. He then gave a kind of propaganda" speech which was...
• John Cornyn in Politico
  I was reminded of what John F. Kennedy said. John F. Kennedy, who spoke on this lectern, he said, 'We can never negotiate out of fear, but we can never fear to negotiate.' That is what strong countries and strong presidents do. They talk to their... Barack Obama http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHQ0yfPaaXFGqLKymRgcres0I2nuA Terre Haute Tribune Star http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.tribstar.com/news/local_story_103001156.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGLNVBuszJvYk8iHuUr0iphT_bMXA Apr 11, 2008 57455 76347 lecture It was inappropriate for President Calderon to lecture Americans on our own state and federal laws," Texas Sen. John Cornyn said. "Arizona's immigration law has been amended to make clear it does not authorize racial profiling by law...