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...rose to address his colleagues in the House of Commons one evening last week, former Foreign Secretary David Owen's hands trembled visibly. Over the years he had spoken on countless occasions from his accustomed place on the Labor Party's front bench. This time, standing at a physical and political remove from his old colleagues, Owen launched the new Social Democratic Party, a movement that could change the face of British politics...
...manhandled into his seat. Outgoing Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez angrily rose and declared that he still represented the people. "Sit down, pig!" shouted one of the attackers. As shots rang out, most of the legislators ducked, but Suárez remained defiantly upright on the government front bench...
...controlled the tip, and then controlled the rebound after O'Keefe missed a medium-range jumper. With just nine seconds left in the game, Mark Harris allegedly fouled Yale forward Tim Daaleman, sending the Eli to the line with a one-and-one opportunity and sending himself to the bench with five personals...
With 1:46 left in last night's 60-40 Crimson victory over Dartmouth, seaior co-captains Mark Harris and Tom Mannix came out of a game at the IAB for the last time. As the pair trotted to the bench, the IAB crowd of 500 rose to their feet, applauding not so much the performance of this particular evening, but four years of lasting commitment to the Harvard basketball team...
Sitting quietly on a bench in the Crimson locker room following a heart-wrenching 56-54 overtime loss to Princeton, and speaking more softly still, Harris must have been thinking of nearly four years of the Harvard basketball experience...