Word: bench
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bench Warrant. In Tallahassee, Fla., Circuit Court Judge Vassar B. Carlton, whose plea for a divorce from a "nagging and badgering wife" was rejected by a fellow justice, declared in an appeal to the State Supreme Court 'that "a judge has a right to a divorce as much as anybody else...
Down on the West Virginia bench, Coach Fred Schaus crunched a program in his country-ham-sized hands and grimly watched his lanky, burr-headed Mountaineers put the ball in play. Around him, Philadelphia's Palestra was rocking with astonished delight. With a 75-10-72 lead, the local boys from Villanova were just 30 seconds away from upsetting undefeated West Virginia, the nation's first-ranked team...
...rest began working so hard hat they earned a special commendation. Last month Sault Sainte Marie, Ont. announced that it, too, would follow the plan, and last week down in North Attleboro, Mass, letters went out to parents spelling out a new policy by which "intellectual loafers and bench warmers" are being dropped. At a time of rising costs and the growing teacher shortage, the plan has its appeal. Says Calgary's Superintendent Warren: "In 1955 Calgary spent $344.29 on each high school pupil. The public cannot afford to provide such service to pupils who take an indifferent attitude...
...Crimson bench was especially impressive in the victory. Sophomore guard Mike Donohue tallied ten markers in the nine minutes he played, scoring mostly on steals and resulting fast breaks. Donohue handled the ball well on offense, and on defense his ball-hawking set up several driving layups in the last few minutes...
...blessing amid the "huge chaotic mass" of his papers, but they parted company in 1955 over questions of "interpretation." Her interpretation of Baruch's role as elder statesman is, in effect, that Baruch preferred to wield power indirectly without elective responsibility. He could hold down his famed park bench of authority without running for it every,,two, four or six years...