61.   Jordan closed the first half with a flurry, then took the podium at halftime for perhaps the best assembly of athletic talent in history.

62.   Kostelic has taken six podiums from nine slalom races this season and has been neck and neck with Miller until the last race.

63.   Later, Chen Tsun-hsiung, another Nationalist, tackled opposition deputy Chen Chin-teh by the legs to prevent him from taking the podium.

64.   King Hussein, taking the podium before Arafat, reaffirmed support for the Palestinians and the PLO leader.

65.   Kurt Warner often totes a Bible instead of a playbook when he takes the podium after games.

66.   Looking defiant but uncomfortable, Sharon took the podium and made a brief statement after losing the vote on his resolution.

67.   One of the protesters sneaked past security guards and took the podium at the seminar, interrupting Chamber of Commerce representative Jose Antonio Fernandez.

68.   Right after Clinton spoke, Yeltsin took the podium again to make his announcement on Russian targeting of weapons.

69.   Prosecutors, meanwhile, walked out of the Palermo ceremony when a Justice Ministry delegate took the podium.

70.   Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad then took the podium and berated Malaysians in a nationally televised speech for not appreciating him more.