Word: bench
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that Senator Wagner, wishing to be relieved of his obligation to the Administration, had quietly prompted the letter to provide himself with an excuse for voting against the bill. An equally good guess was that Herbert Lehman, whose brother Irving sits on New York's highest bench, had long been waiting to register his heartfelt opposition to his ex-friend's attack on the Judiciary...
Minister of Justice Auriol, when he found such jibes were to be posted all over France, went purple with fury on the Government bench, threatened to resign and made such a scene that finally Senator Gardey himself persuaded the Senate to cancel its order for posting up his speech...
...Down was not proven. President Roosevelt, a lawyer by training, is known to have had no illusions that the Sit-Down was legal but to have deprecated it as no crime, just a misdemeanor. Last week in Philadelphia in the first Sit-Down ruling from the Federal bench, the Circuit Court of Appeals declared that sit-downers in a local hosiery mill were not only guilty of such crimes as forcible entry and forcible detainer but had violated the Wagner Act and the Sherman Anti-Trust...
...Roosevelt early this month (TIME, June 14). The hunt meet was not in the customary inquisition chamber, the Senate's barnlike caucus room, but in the House Ways & Means Committeeroom, which has much better acoustics, handsome indirect lighting, and comfortable chairs of green-blue leather. On the long bench were little placards identifying the committeemen for the audience. In the centre sat old Representative Bob Doughton of Laurel Springs, N. C., chairman of the joint committee, his bald dome almost as bright as his Palm Beach suit; at his left, Senator Pat Harrison, vice chairman...
...Lords of the realm." Earl Baldwin was clearly uncomfortable. He searched for non-existing pockets, scratched his brow, had to be reminded to sign the Lords' register, take the oath, kiss the Bible. In five minutes it was over. He was led to a seat on the front bench, rose three times to tip his hat to the Chancellor, then dashed out to change his clothes...