tribune(1. апсида в базилике или в базиликальной церкви; 2. церковная галерея; 3. приподнятая часть пола или специальная платформа – место выступлений ораторов; 4. места для публики в общественном сооружении или в общественном месте); podium
bully pulpit(position, especially a public office, from which one may expound one's views to a wide audience (expression was coined by Roosevelt; "bully", in Roosevelt's parlance, meant "superb") • It was Kennedy's interpretation of the treasurer's remaining constitutional duty to report ... "on the financial condition of the state" that transformed the post from a line of what-was-their-names-again public servants into a bully pulpit. • There are two main things ambassadors can do. First, there is a bully pulpit. You're the U.S. ambassador, and people pay attention to what you say, so you can use that for highlighting issues that you think are particularly important. • I have what I want... television show that reaches nearly 4 million viewers a week, a bully pulpit on the airwaves, a place where my voice is finally being heard. • He can just use his show as a bully pulpit.4uzhoj)