51.   Unfazed, Reese takes the podium as the music fades.

52.   Welch smiled, took the podium and seemed to continue in the same vein.

53.   When Don Sutton takes the podium this afternoon to deliver his Hall of Fame induction speech, he will first pause and look down at the front row.

54.   When he took the podium, Clinton quickly transformed from peacemaker to politician.

55.   When he took the podium at the Oakland Coliseum Arena a bit later, Jim Harrick clearly understood.

56.   After Yakovlev spoke, a Serbian cultural leader took the podium and thanked him for the shipment.

57.   As she took the podium, Gerg asked that a minute of silence be observed for Regine Cavagnoud, who won the super G here last year.

58.   But the skies cleared by the time Shula took the podium.

59.   Gonzalez later took the podium and pressed Aznar for details on pacts with regional parties that give them greater control of tax revenues.

60.   His internal support ensured, a smiling, relaxed Netanyahu took the podium Sunday with his cabinet on stage.