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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 September 2024. American politician (born 1981) Tulsi Gabbard Gabbard in 2024 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's 2nd district In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021 Preceded by Mazie Hirono Succeeded by Kai Kahele Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee In office ...
Dais. A drawing of a dais with throne under a baldachin. King George VI standing on a dais while reviewing a parade in 1946. A dais or daïs (/ ˈdeɪ.əs / or / ˈdeɪs /, American English also / ˈdaɪ.əs / but sometimes considered nonstandard) [1][2][3][4] is a raised platform at the front of a room or hall, usually for one or more speakers ...
The traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visibility, accessed by steps, with sides coming to about waist height. From the late medieval period onwards, pulpits have often had a canopy known as the sounding board, tester or abat-voix above and sometimes also behind the speaker, normally in wood. [2]
The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum (Italian: Foro Romano), is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the centre of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum.
An actor portrays a snake oil salesman at a theme park. A soapbox is a raised platform on which one stands to make an impromptu speech, often about a political subject. The term originates from the days when speakers would elevate themselves by standing on a wooden crate originally used for shipment of soap, or other dry goods, from a manufacturer to a retail store.
The Pnyx is a small, rocky hill surrounded by parkland, with a large flat platform of eroded stone set into its side, and by steps carved on its slope. It was the meeting place of one of the world's earliest known democratic legislatures, the Athenian ekklesia (assembly), and the flat stone platform was the bema, the "stepping stone" or ...
Rostra. The Rostra was a specific platform for oration in ancient Rome. The Rostra (Italian: Rostri) was a large platform built in the city of Rome that stood during the republican and imperial periods. [1] Speakers would stand on the rostra and face the north side of the Comitium towards the senate house and deliver orations to those assembled ...
A Democrat raised protecting Johnson as speaker in a meeting with Biden and congressional leaders. Julie Tsirkin and Scott Wong and Monica Alba and Kyle Stewart. January 25, 2024 at 1:54 PM.