Word: bench
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...film seems content to keep the theme of Gould open to interpretation. The film derives much of its humor from the ongoing bewilderment and second-guessing of his friends. Why did Gould insist upon wearing a scarf, hat, and gloves throughout the summer? Why did he set the piano bench so low that he played the keyboard at eye level? Why did he keep 42 botles of ketchup in his hotel room? One hotel chambermaid earnestly explains how all the other maids refused to work for him, because they thought he was a sexual deviant. These firsthand stories slyly poke...
Gordon also said he wants HMC to "come clean"about the exact manner in which it awards bonusesbased on performance relative to the bench marks.The compensation system--which was revised whenHMC President Jack R. Meyer began working at thecompany in late 1990--has never been adequatelyexplained, Gordon says. The alumnus, himself aveteran investment manager, suggests that itallows for artificially high incomes...
...with each time an opposing attacker put a ball behind Schutt's stick, the faces of the Harvard players grew longer and the cheers from the bench became more desperate...
Though Clinton is anxious not to repeat the spectacle of last year's 13-week search for someone to replace Byron White, which left the road to the high bench littered with bruised rejects, White House officials took pains to deny that their focus had narrowed to Mitchell. But few other names on the Administration's short list seemed likely. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt was quick to say he didn't want the job. Federal appeals court Judge Richard Arnold has the post-Whitewater disadvantage of being a Friend of Bill's from Arkansas. The most serious second contender...
Justice Harry Blackmun, the U.S. Supreme Court's senior Justice and the author of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, announced his intention to step down. During his 24 years on the high bench, the 85-year-old Justice -- chosen by Richard Nixon in 1970 -- underwent a highly public evolution from conservative to liberal jurist, becoming one of the court's most passionate defenders of constitutional liberties for ordinary citizens. Retiring Senate majority leader George Mitchell was reported to be near the top of the Clinton list of possible replacements...