Word: bench
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...freshman game, the all-star team representing the American League will wear red uniforms and be seated on the home bench. The opposing National League all-stars will wear green uniforms...
...Court, King's Counselor Harold Shepherd had just finished cross-examining a defendant when the news came. The court adjourned. Ten minutes later, the lawyer resumed the floor as Queen's Counselor. Painters at another London court set to work painting out the sign "King's Bench" and replacing it with "Queen's Bench." "Who goes there?" sang out the sentries in a traditional nightly ritual at the Tower of London. "The Queen's Keys," came the new answer. There were a multitude of adjustments to be made in a nation where everything...
...nights a week George slipped into overalls and stood at a bench in a nearby arms plant, turning out precision parts for R.A.F. guns. Every Tuesday he lunched with the Prime Minister ("I made certain he was kept informed of every secret matter," said Churchill). While the fires still burned in devastated Coventry, the King tramped from ruin to ruin, picking his way between tottering walls and unexploded bombs...
Hugh Troy's old friends found his latest enterprise fascinating. They remembered instances of other fascinating Trojan enterprises. In 1927, when he was living in Manhattan, Jokester Troy bought himself a park bench that was an exact duplicate of the kind used by the city. Then he had some merry hours hauling it in & out of Central Park-happily waving his bill of sale after police hauled him off to the station. Later, Troy and a few good friends equipped themselves with work clothes, picks, shovels and roadblocks, spent an industrious evening digging a ten-foot hole...
...Reins, the high scorer of the night with 23 points, was easily the game's standout player for his defensive work. Reins held Bill Dennis, the Crimson's best shot, to one point all night, and forced Coach Norm Shepard to bench his star when it was obvious he could not score...