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...wide enough to accomodate a police car, and these are far less populated than the others, for the police do not like people gathering in their park. "You should have been here five minutes ago," one young man tells two others as they stroll up the path to his bench. "Motherfuckin cops took a case of beer off me, and all I got was one can." An hour later, with a replenished supply of beer, they sit on a bench, talking and drinking. The police return and tell them to move on, and to leave the beer behind...
...waits at the Boylston St. Green Line stop, leaning back on the bench. Everyone else looks down the tracks toward Brookline, waiting for the trolley so they'll make the last subway out of Park St. But the old man seems less interested in catching the train than in catching some sleep--perhaps the bottle at his feet...
...Boston Common, and, as he will tell you, it's not everyone who has musicians and roller skaters and pigeons and sunbathers in his house. And, as he will tell you, but only if you ask, it's not everyone who gets to spend their nights on a park bench, awakened three or four times each night by the Boston Police, bothered by kids who won't let him enjoy his high in peace, who want to steal his dope or just jabber with him because they're still soaring...
...crowded Tehran courtroom, five frightened defendants faced the empty bench. The judge, a scowling, bearded figure who was also acting as prosecutor, circled behind them and cursed, "I shall exterminate you vermin!" Then, without permitting a word to be spoken in their defense, he meted out the sentences. "Those two-execution," he barked. "This one -life imprisonment. The other two-100 lashes each." As Islamic guards led out the two men to be whipped, the judge called out after them, "Remember, every lash must draw blood...
...started the season on the bench, suffering with a sore arm. When coach Alex Nahigian gave him his chance after a series of impressive relief appearances, the decision paid off--in spades. The Crimson wound up the season at 24-12, triumphing in a grueling showdown with Cornell and Yale to win the Eastern League, topping perennial power Brandeis to cop the Greater Boston League crown, and only succumbing to St. John's in the NCAA regionals in extra innings--a couple of wins short of the College World Series...