Word: benches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Last week, while DiMag was flown to Baltimore for diagnosis, the press speculated on 1) whether he would be out of the line-up for a few weeks or forever and 2) whether the New York Yankees would pay him $90,000 for a season of sitting on the bench...
Robert Kiphuth, Yale's varsity coach, made a grand appearance after that. Talking about the various strokes, Kiphuth called Joe Verdeur, Allan Stack, and Ray Reid from the bench. Like trained seals they stood beside the pool. When Kiphuth mentioned the breastroke. Verdeur slithered into the water and chopped it into foam while empathetic little girls on the sidelines ogled. Then Stack plunged in at the mention of the backstroke. Then Reid swam 100-yards freestyle. After a practice 150-yard medley relay, Kiphuth lined them up for a 300-yard relay. He turned from the microphone and called...
Bill Hickey will start at third base again, with Charlie Cabot still waiting it out on the bench. Henry Young and Win Carduff will flank second base. Tim Wise will temporarily take over at first from Al Switzer, and Bill Goodman will continue to take care of the catching chores...
...However, I suspect that this feeling in a policeman is indicative of some psychic disturbance which, harmful enough in itself, could be extended to other prejudices and obsession. Needless to say, a policeman is daily called upon to pass judgment many more times than the robed figure behind the bench. A mentally-ill police officer can be a dangerous thing. Periodical psychiatric checkups should be required for all public officials, including policemen and congressmen...
...white bibs quietly pursue the ideal of international justice. U.N.'s International Court of Justice, a direct successor to the League's World Court, is "the principal judicial organ of the United Nations." Last week, the distinguished judges rendered their first verdict since they mounted the international bench just three years...