Word: bench
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Justice in Judge McCarthy's court was breezy, informal and swift. As an appellate judge observed: "There was some bad law practiced in Joe's court, and there were some good decisions-which is what happens in all lower courts." When he went on the bench, Joe practically memorized the three volumes of Jones's rules of evidence. He always made a great show of citing his reasons for a ruling, was rarely reversed. Curiously, Senator McCarthy seems never to have understood the spirit of fair play behind the rules that Judge McCarthy memorized...
...77th year returns to power after being loyal all his political life, he is liable to bring with him a certain amount of dead or dying weight. Over a late drink in a West End club, young Tories have confided that they wish "someone would mow the front bench down with a machine gun," or that "the old man, God bless him, would throw in the towel." They feel that some senior Tories have no communion with the new Britain...
...keep the quarterback position from being the weakest on the team. (West Point, in accordance with the N.C.A.A. ruling, allows freshmen to play varsity ball.) Meyers, a good T ball-handler and passer, brought a leg injury out of the Northwestern game severe enough to keep him on the bench while his mates bowed to Dartmouth. Vann is a bullet-passer, who is fortunate enough to have ends who can hold onto the ball. Because of line deficiencies, the first-year Cadet has been buried far behind scrimmage several times in the opening contests...
...defense presents its side today, but probably won't ask McLeod to take the stand. McLeod, a large and handsome man with ruddy hair, sat expressionless during yesterday trial, leaning forward on the prisoner's bench and often chewing his fingernails...
With all the stately majesty of British justice, a panoplied court assembled before the television cameras of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London. A bewigged judge sat in full regalia. Two learned advocates marshaled a whole parade of witnesses. Standing before the bench, the clerk solemnly intoned: "Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! The Loch Ness monster is now on trial." The point at issue: Does or does not the Loch Ness monster exist...