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...hand, tends to carry his sense of dignity almost to the point of mediaphobia, while on the other hand he has energetically lectured and lobbied for legal reforms that he believes are needed. In the process, Burger has become the most active Chief Justice off the bench since William Howard Taft shamelessly hustled the White House and Congress in the 1920s for everything from judicial innovations to court nominees...
...child of sturdy Minnesotans who both lived into their nineties, Burger, 68, is remarkably healthy despite his pace. His secretary reports that he averages 77 hours a week on the job, nearly a fourth of that in nonjudicial duties. He oversees the minutest details of high bench housekeeping, right down to final approval of every flower planted on court grounds. Academic observers continue to fault the quality of Burger's opinions, and though he carries his share of the writing, he once admitted to a Court aide, "I have to take some of the easier ones because...
Edward Devitt, chief judge of the Minnesota federal district court, points out that Burger's activity "provides enormous support to us on the bench. He's constantly working to get us the tools we need to get the job done." Burger explains that he has thrown himself into his wide range of projects because "if I don't do them, they won't get done. It's not that I have special qualifications or skills, but that I'm in a position to do something. For 15 years the activism around here was judicial...
...even so, Clifford entered the bottom of the eighth with a two-hitter to his credit, albeit on the short end of a 1-0 score. By the time the inning was concluded, Clifford was on the bench, and his Friday wasn't so good anymore...
...Pura took the mound for Harvard in the bottom of the first, and six men later he was back on the bench. Columbia nailed the lefty for six consecutive hits to make the score 4-3, then picked on reliever Paul McOsker for two more hits and another marker before retiring for the inning...