Word: benchful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Charges. Trouble was stirred up for Judge English by the St. Louis Post Dispatch, and the charges were taken up by the House and investigated. He is alleged to have been tyrannical on the bench; unwarrantedly to have disbarred attorneys; to have allowed his appointee, Charles B. Thomas, referee in bankruptcy, to have improper privileges at the bar; to have had the funds controlled by the court deposited with banks of which he and the referee were stockholders; to have committed other "improprieties and irregularities" which constitute high crimes and misdemeanors. A subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee was last week...
...Judge. George W. English of Vienna, Ill., was a member of the Illinois legislature, an ardent prohibitionist, and known as a "labor" man. He was appointed to the federal bench by President Wilson in 1917. It is said that labor leaders have now joined in urging his impeachment, and that the Anti-Saloon League after opposing it for a time has given up its opposition...
...Wendell Holmes continues to honor the Supreme Court as its most brilliant and learned member." Clinton W. Gilbert, who is not only a newspaper correspondent but an expert appraiser of men, went so far as to say: "When the young men now in law school sit upon the Supreme bench, they are likely to look back upon Justice Holmes and Chief Justice Marshall as the greatest two men that ever sat in the Supreme Court...
...When the young men now in law school sit upon the Supreme bench, they are likely to look back upon Justice ? and Chief Justice ? as the greatest two men who ever sat in the Supreme Court." Fill in the blanks...
...would try for a super-world's record of 13 ft. 6 in. He took one stride, two strides on the runway, then came a splintering crash, he lurched sideways, went sprawling into the landing pit. A board had broken under his foot. He arose, limped to a bench. A masseur got to work on his ankle, a carpenter repaired the runway. In a moment he was in front of the crowd again, pole in hand. A great shout went up. Effortlessly, majestically, he sailed over the bar at 13 ft. 4 1/2 in., a new world's record...