Word: bench
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Under Barnes the Antitrust Division has filed 104 new cases against some giants of U.S. business, among them, Pan American World Airways and the Radio Corp. of America. Last week, three days after his nomination to the federal bench was announced, Stanley Barnes warned General Motors Corp. that it might be wise to give up one or more of its divisions (see BUSINESS). And while awaiting his confirmation as judge, Barnes plans to institute at least one more new action: a suit aimed at ending G.M.'s domination of the bus manufacturing industry...
Call for Action. Gaitskell might have broken Conservative unity if he had been willing to echo the demands of 30 or 35 back bench Tory rebels of the "Suez group," who smolder at the British retreat from the Suez, and accuse Eden of weakly appeasing the Arabs. Sitting behind Eden, they too wanted a new Middle Eastern approach: toughness and force. But Gaitskell refused to "go their way," and closed with a rousing peroration-"There is a desperate need at the moment for a lead which will both rally democratic forces and restore unity ... I hope the government will give...
...courts all over the country. On almost every occasion there was at least one case more serious than I ever had to deal with in England during 33 years on the bench...
Destroy & Rebuild. Constantly becoming more frustrated, Lawyer Jenner let it be known last fall that he would like to leave the Senate and take a U.S. Court of Appeals bench in Chicago. The Department of Justice pointed out to him that the Constitution prohibits a man from stepping directly from the U.S. Senate to the federal bench. From then on Jenner sulked, and refused even to talk to his fellow Indiana Senator, Republican Homer Capehart, about any other nominee for the post. "Believe it or not," Capehart told a friend, "the senior Senator from Indiana...
Both the Red Sox and Charles find the Florida sun not unpleasant. Pierre is off the bench, and will hurl at Haydn, Creston and Schubert. Symphony Hall. 60 cents in the second deck for today's 2:15 p.m. tilt. Saturday 8:30 p.m., bleachers generally filled...