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...daughter-in-law, the First Lady, has whispered to him that he might be watching too much television these days. But he is a captive of the news flow, and he knows it. He has moments, he says, when he would like to suit up, "get off the bench" and go back in the game. But when he is invited by President No. 43 to sit in on sensitive meetings, President No. 41 puts a special clamp on mind and mouth. Not his world, not his war. Though there are so many echoes from the past...
...immoral. The church's current Presiding Bishop, Frank Griswold, not only denounced war but also hinted that because George W. was for it the bishop had to apologize for being an American, as this nation was so "hated and loathed" around the globe. That brought 41 off the bench, and in one of his rare public pronouncements, he said the bishop's remarks were "offensive" and had hurt him deeply. Letters between George H.W. and the bishop are passing in the mail. George W. is mildly amused...
...faced more of a culture shock than most. Nowitzki, a seven-footer from Germany, couldn't play much defense (which earned him the nickname "Irk") and was briefly tagged, as many European imports are, a "soft" player who shies away from contact. He often found himself riding the bench, so he had lots of time to work on his English...
...fifth Crimson skater eventually realized the error and hurried to the bench, it became obvious to the Vermont bench, the Catamounts’ fans and most observers in the arena that Harvard had too many men on the ice for several seconds...
With the referee on the other side of the ice near the Harvard bench and the scorers’ box, Gilligan tried in vain to get the referee’s attention. Unable to do so, Gilligan grabbed a stick and proceeded to hit it against the boards in a seemingly futile effort to be noticed by Dunn...