Word: benchful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thought of orals, the competition does not seem quite absurd in view of the fact that it undoubtedly develops self-confidence. It is decidedly upsetting to the Senior who has received no training in oral argument and discussion to be called before what in effect is a bench of judges and be expected to plead the cause of himself versus the graduation requirements of the College...
...University squad. "We are going to make numerous changes from one squad to the other and a player will have a much better chance to break into the University line-up if he has been playing every day, than he would if he were sitting on the bench...
...most sanquine Crimson enthusiasts realize that the University nine faces a hard proposition this afternoon and tomorrow, when Georgia University takes possession of the visitors' bench on Soldiers Field. The southerners have been playing outdoor baseball ever since the Crimson started in the cage and they have already played an even dozen games. The game will begin at 4 o'clock...
...with any other very profitable corporations. The present investigations made a lawyer more desirable at the head of the Navy Department than an ordinary business man. But almost any able and active lawyer might have a client who could be spattered on his reputation. A selection from the bench was almost inevitable. Moreover, from a political standpoint, a western progressive was desirable...
Premier Poincaré then voiced personal tribute from his place on the front bench: "The words pronounced from this tribune some years ago by President Wilson have left in our memories an echo which will never die. We cannot forget that, at the moment the United States entered the War, President Wilson declared that the right was even more precious than peace. We have not forgotten, and we will not forget, that later he described the Rhine as the frontier of liberty. He consecrated his life to the ideals of justice. His name will remain forever in the memory...