Palin Takes Podium From Fey On SNL *
Oct 19th, 2008 · Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin appeared on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" Saturday and played along as comedienne Tina Fey impersonated the Alaska governor again.
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Americans Top Podiums In Swimming, Gymnastics
Aug 15th, 2008 · U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps continues his quest for a record seven gold medals in a single Olympics, winning the 200-meter individual medley. And Americans Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson take gold and silver in the women's all-around gymnastics competition.
'Bird's Nest' Ballads: Olympic National Anthems ***
Aug 7th, 2008 · As medal-winners step up to the podium in this year's Summer Olympics, commentator Miles Hoffman says, we're bound to hear quite a few national anthems, some of which come equipped with bad poetry and stilted music.
Dust Up in San Francisco over Wheelchair Ramp *
Mar 31st, 2008 · San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Michela Alioto-Pier is vowing to sue the city unless it builds a wheelchair ramp to enable her to reach the board chamber's main podium. The city says the cost, estimated to top $1 million, is prohibitive.
Puccini's 'Madame Butterfly' ***
Sep 14th, 2007 · Legendary tenor Placido Domingo takes to the podium, to conduct Puccini's Madame Butterfly, in a Washington National Opera production starring soprano Xiu Wei Sun as Cio-Cio-San.
Gavin Castleton & Cyrus Leddy: 'The Good Night's Sleep'
Jun 7th, 2007 · Cyrus Leddy and Gavin Castleton's Grace Land shocks and amuses listeners by giving a blue-collar eccentric not only a podium but an entire orchestra to punctuate his rolling narrative.
NPR Oscar Contest Winners Take the Podium **
Feb 22nd, 2007 · May I have the envelope please? The ballots have been counted in our Fake Oscar Speech Writing Contest. But picking just one winner seemed as churlish as Judi Dench's character in Notes on a Scandal. So we have lots. And the Oscar goes to...
Chavez Calls Bush 'Devil,' Assails U.S. Policies ****
Sep 20th, 2006 · Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez took the podium at the United Nations, where he launched his latest verbal salvo against President Bush and U.S. world influence. Making the sign of the cross, Chavez described Bush as "the devil" and decried Washington's misuse of its far-reaching power.
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