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...spring training the following year, Rice was removed from left field, and Carl Yastrzemski returned to his old haunts from first base. Rice became the designated hitter, and while he still stroked 25 home runs, his average slumped to .282. "You can't stay loose just sitting on the bench waiting to bat in the first, fourth and eighth innings," analyzes Rice. "Staying in the game mentally is even harder...
...last week, in a decision that startled editors across the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed those rulings. In a 5-to-3 decision, the high bench concluded that police seeking evidence do indeed have the right to push unannounced into a newsroom?or any other place?as long as a judge has issued a search warrant, even if the occupant is not suspected of involvement in a crime. The majority rejected the contentions that police should first seek a subpoena, which can be contested in court, and that freedom of the press under the First Amendment gives newsrooms much...
...average fan is not aware of the vast talent that atrophies on the bench. Harvard traditionally has received the most abundant number of talented athletes in the Ivy League. Inefficient and inequitable utilization of talent is not acceptable in an institution that operates under the philosophy of "athletics for all." To deny a capable young athlete an opportunity to play on criteria other than ability can be a disruptive influence on daily college life; an added mental and emotional burden must be faced, and opportunities to participate in more favorable activities are missed...
...members of the California congressional delegation. In California, I will be one out of one," says Burke. When asked whether California voters are ready to have a woman as top cop, Burke likes to point out that a woman already holds the top spot on the bench: Rose Bird, chief justice of the state supreme court...
Serge Savard had sent the game into OT when, with just 33 seconds left in regulation and Dryden on the bench, he flipped a bounding puck past Gerry Cheevers from point-blank range...