Word: benching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nonetheless, argued Massachusetts' junior Senator last week, the Kennedy clan's longtime political trusty has a more substantial qualification for the federal bench in Boston. In Ted Kennedy's words, Frank is "absolutely in corruptible...
...relationship between the World Series and the season that precedes it is often purely coincidental. A team that won a record 111 games during the regular season loses four straight to one that won 97. A pinchhitter comes off the bench to clout two pinchhit home runs. A substitute outfielder makes one fantastic catch, brushes briefly with immortality-and for years afterward, people ask: Whatever became of Sandy Amoros? But last week's Series stuck strictly to the script...
...district court has been approved by the Judiciary Committee, and his appointment now awaits the consent of the Senate. But there is good reason for agreeing with the American Bar Association that "from the standpoint of legal training, legal experience and legal ability," Morrissey is unqualified for the federal bench...
...seven years on the municipal bench, Morrissey has acquired neither the training nor the distinction requisite of a federal judge. He has had virtually no experience with jury or equity cases, nor has he dealt with any of the complex issues that Federal judges must handle daily. It took Morrissey three attempts over ten years to pass the Massachusetts bar examinations. He graduated from Suffolk Law School--not even an accredited institution at the time he attended--only after he failed four courses...
...Latest bench mark on U.S. manners and morals...