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...gained a lot of confidence after playing well in the Ivy tournament," Cassell said. "We have to pass better this year if we want to contend with Princeton and Penn. We definitely have a stronger bench this year. This is going to be an exciting year...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Hoping to Net Greater Success | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...outcome they will produce in the particular case being heard. And yet, as his opponents point out, Bork's record makes him appear to be result-oriented in his own way: in almost all of the court rulings in which he diverged from his colleagues on the bench, the principles he applied led to a conservative decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law According to Bork | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...dead shot from the Chilean shooting team (and intelligence community) has been denied a visa for being too deadly, and the elegant Cuban baseball players have had to duck leaflets, airplane streamers and a brigade of fat bench jockeys in BAY OF PIGS T shirts. Worse than that, Cuba's team lost to the Americans, 6-4. By the gold-medal count, Cuba (51) and the U.S. (104) are already assured of second and first place, though the outcome of last week's most poignant ideological clash was ambiguous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Heavy Harps and Pan Am Heroes | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

...until then, 20-homer hitters will have to be on the lookout for frustrated pitchers--and those in the bleacher seats won't have to strain to look in the dugouts and see who's on the bench...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Beanball | 8/4/1987 | See Source »

...unanimous Senate confirmation after two earlier Nixon nominees--G. Harrold Carswell of Florida and Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. of South Carolina--were rejected after bitter debate. He took the court seat of Justice Abe Fortas, who resigned during controversy over the ethics of some of his off-the-bench activities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Justice Blackmun Treated for Cancer | 7/21/1987 | See Source »

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