1.   As the hearing opening, the senator held the gavel and stayed attentive to nuance as he surveyed a large audience for the hearing.

2.   A statue of the late, great lieutenant governor holding a gavel stands just down the hall from the entrance to the cafe.

3.   He crossed the hay-strewn selling circle, quipped with the dealers and abattoir agents outside the grates, mounted his platform and held his gavel aloft.

4.   Holding his gavel tightly, the North Carolina senator repeatedly pounded the table, calling for order when Democratic committee members tried to speak.

5.   In committee, Democrats will hold the gavel and begin laying plans.

6.   The Biden scenario gives Dodd, who has never held the gavel of a full committee, a potential crack at three different committees.

7.   The hand that holds the gavel of the speaker is surely the hand of a conservative, but sometimes the voice is the voice of a McGovernite.