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...POINT DURING THE DEFENSE summation in the U.S. District Court wire-fraud proceedings against boxing promoter Don King, his premier fighter, the convicted rapist Mike Tyson, could be seen dozing off on a bench in the back of the New York City courtroom, holding a book of essays by Leo Tolstoy: What Is Art? At the time, Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment seemed a better choice: the prosecution had called 18 witnesses to back up its claim that King falsified a contract to collect $350,000 from Lloyd's of London for a canceled fight in 1991, and the defense...
...pulled out her 8 1/2 month fetus, which survived. "Gingrich appears to have something approaching political Tourette's syndrome," says Washington correspondent John Dickerson. "The list of things he's said and had to apologize for is proving that point. People expected that once he moved from the back bench into the daily spotlight that he would be able to exorcise that tendency, but it may take a little longer than people thought. He is giving his political enemies an early Christmas present...
...Tigers trudged back to their bench (well, they did eventually move) with their heads down in defeat, even New Haven was looking like paradise compared to Cambridge...
...There was no panic on the bench," Tomassoni said. "[Poise] is an important thing for any team, particularly for a younger team, was real pleased...
Fortunately for the Crimson, this was only an exhibition. Perhaps the dismal outing can be attributed to the team's new crimson Reeboks. Perhaps it was the relocated bench area. Perhaps it was the renaming of Briggs Cage to Lavietes Pavilion...