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...backhand is a pretty basic shot," said a modest Bentley. But the spectacular goal fired up the Harvard bench and the 150 or so fans who made it to Blodgett last night...
...ruling represents another rebuff to the Reagan Administration by the high bench, which last term spurned the Justice Department's contention that affirmative action should be used only to remedy harm to individual victims of discrimination. This time the department, which brought the case to the Supreme Court when the troopers declined to appeal, argued simply that affirmative relief must be narrowly tailored, like "hand and glove." Solicitor General Charles Fried denounced the one-for-one quota as "excessive" and "profoundly illegal...
Gielen soon picked up his fourth personal foul and took a respite on the bench, but his teammates carried on his work in his absence, drawing within a single point, 52-51, when Webster nailed a three-pointer with 14 minutes remaining in the game...
...NOTEBOOK: The Crimson bench combined for 88 minutes of action last night, with all cagers scoring at least two points...Harvard shot 49 percent from the floor, and continues to lead the Ivy League in field goal percentage...The cagers only committed four fouls in the first half, and kept the Lions out of the bonus until 14 minutes into the second stanza...The Crimson closes out its season this Saturday when it hosts Dartmouth at Briggs...
These tidings came amid the worst possible circumstances. Since the Philadelphia judiciary already had ten vacancies, the suspensions leave the city with nearly a quarter of its bench empty. Even before the suspensions, ( the case backlog in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas had soared from 6,000 to 9,000 in three months. Since new judicial appointments could be delayed by interparty squabbling in the state senate, the situation may get worse before it gets better...