Word: benching
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...game in its brand-new gymnasium, and the way the Crimson looked last night, a stronger team than the Huskies would have had a tough time against Coach Floyd Wilson's squad. In his first game as head coach, Wilson emptied his 12-man bench in an easy Crimson victory...
...Porter school, Joao shared a bench with three other Natal boys. One of them is now a federal Senator, another the president of an insurance company, the third, Manuel Leopoldino, is a streetcar motorman in Rio. A fortnight ago, Leopoldino, wearing his navy blue motor-man's uniform, went to visit the President at Catete Palace. Cafe Filho recognized him at once, embraced him warmly. "Can I help you in any way, Manuel?" he asked. "No thanks, Joao," said the motorman. "I just wanted to see you. I like my job. It's steady work. Another five years...
...that the present starting lineup will not be intact. When Wilson moved to the varsity he brought a whole group of spirited sophomores with him. Dolven is on the first team, but players like Canty, Phil Haughey, Lou Lowenfels, and Neil Muncaster do not want to sit on the bench. The daily scrimmages to determine the starting team have been very rough, with tempers often flaring...
...passionately oppose this agreement." On the front bench, Morrison jerked around to glare. Loyal Laborites jeered. That night Attlee decided to put party unity above his convictions. The order went out to every Laborite: if there was a division, abstain...
...noes, he ordered a formal vote. As Eden watched glumly, 263 Tories trooped into the voting lobby, trailed by one Socialist. Four pacifist Socialists made their lonely way to the other lobby to vote no; the rest of the Laborites kept their places. Attlee sat slumped on the front bench, doodling and looking unhappy. He had prevented a larger rebellion in Labor's ranks, but had left his party in the craven position of refusing to vote for agreements it had publicly supported...