The unique gavel of the United States Senate has an hourglass shape and no handle.
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In 1954, it broke when Vice President Richard Nixon used it during a heated debate on nuclear energy.
He used his vast knowledge of law and people to co-anchored gavel-to-gavel coverage of U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings and Pacifica’s daily national six weeks live coverage of the Persian Gulf War.
One of the exhibits is the gavel used by the president of the UN General Assembly in 1948, Osvaldo Aranha of Brazil, who supported the creation of the State of Israel.
(July 20, 1908 – November 24, 2005) was the news director at the American Broadcasting Company that made the decision to cover the Army-McCarthy Hearings live, from gavel to gavel.
Actually, the linguist Henri Gavel put down the name of the town to the Gascon word getari, 'post for watching' (the whales), while this assumption has been disputed by current linguists, who trace the name back to latin caetaria, 'fish processing facility', supported by archaeological evidence unearthed both in Guéthary and the same name Getaria from Gipuzkoa.
AF of L President Samuel Gompers temporarily passed on the gavel at the convention so that he could himself speak on the floor during the debate which followed.
He has been elected International Punster of the Year and was the 2002 recipient of the Golden Gavel of Toastmasters International.
For episodes of Law & Order and its sequels he received an Edgar Award nomination from the Mystery Writers of America, four Emmy nominations and a Humanitas Award nomination as a producer, The Shine Award, The Silver Gavel Award, and the GLAAD Media Award.
In 2011 he appeared with his wife Jenny on 'Bargain Hunt', which they won with an £85 profit, and winning the 'Golden Gavel' award, having made profits on all 3 purchases, and on the bonus buy.
Toastmasters International named Cain recipient of its 2013 "Golden Gavel Award," said to be given annually to an individual distinguished in the fields of communication and leadership.
When the legislature is not in session, other live gavel-to-gavel programming was carried, including the Oregon Supreme Court, and meetings of the Governor and his or her cabinet.
The collection includes biographical, travel, campaign and Republican Party files from John Kasich's terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as correspondence with constituents, 1,128 multimedia files, speeches and memorabilia, such as his Congressional desk and the gavel he used as chair of the House budget committee.
Meanwhile, Number 5 wreaks havoc in the courtroom (only his robotic hand is visible to the viewer) with various hi-jinks, including giving the prosecuting attorney a pair of funny-nose glasses, turning up the ceiling fan to create a windstorm of papers, swapping the judge's gavel for an exploding one and calling the fire department, resulting in the judge being sprayed with water.