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Hoping to give the federal courts a rightward tilt that would last a generation, Presidents Reagan and Bush appointed federal judges who were conservative, white, male and youngish. Nevertheless, President Clinton has a good chance of remaking much of the federal bench as he would like. There are some 850 federal judgeships; Clinton has already made nominations for 48 of them, and he still has close to 100 vacancies to fill, with more to come in the next three years. Clinton's choices so far reflect a much greater interest in nonmaleness and nonwhiteness than was demonstrated by Bush, Reagan...
Senior captain Tarik Campbell sparked the second half attack, finishing with a career-high 14 assists. Snowden added nine second half points. Junior guard James White provided the spark off the bench for the Crimson, finishing with 12 points. He was among six Harvard players in double figures...
...then, of course, there were Rankin and Snowden inside. One year ago, as Sullivan pointed out, one was sitting on the bench for most of the game, and the other was playing high school games...
While not the stats of a superstar, they mark a huge change from last season, when Scott suffered from various injuries and languished on the bench...
...that could go wrong in the first half, did. The Crimson shot just 36 percent from the field and 46 percent from the free-throw line. Rankin, the team's leading scorer with 16.5 points per game, drew three early fouls and spent much of the half on the bench...