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Tell-it-all books on the Supreme Court may yet become a new publishing genre. Sales of The Brethren, the gossipy, 467-page "inside" look at the high bench by Watergate Sleuth Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong, have soared since it was released by Simon & Schuster in December. Now the court is about to be shaken further by a book that may draw even more attention, if only because it was written by someone who really did have firsthand knowledge of the institution's personalities and practices: Justice William O. Douglas...
...They were simply laboring under the effects of massive doses of Thorazine...The guards liked it better for them to crawl under a bench or lie on a bench rather than to have them stiffleggedly joggling around the ward, tongues protruding from drooling mouths. The ones under the benches were out from under foot and did not bump into other patients and cause disturbances. They did not talk, so they were not difficult to understand. They were out...As soon as a man started causing trouble, the guards started giving medication...
...season climbers Gillian Raney, Kate Martin and Kim Belshe bounded out of the J.V. ranks to provide added support from the bench, and things were looking downright cheery as the Ivy Tournament approached. A surprise 83-59 triumph over Northeastern--sparked by a 39 point Holpuch/Smith extravaganza--gave Harvard an outside shot at a berth in the EAIAW Tourney...
...bench, however, Smith undergoes an amazing transformation, gesticulating wildly, laughing, pouting, stomping her feet or grabbing a player in unaffected enthusiasm. She is anything but quiet...
...often one gets a chance to see her sitting on the bench. Smith has played in every one of the hoopster's 22 games this season, starting in almost all of them...