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...Robert Mardian, a top Mitchell aide at both the Justice Department and on Nixon's 1972 re-election committee, warmly shook hands with his former boss. Kenneth W. Parkinson, who had been merely an attorney for the Nixon committee, sat apart from the others on a front-row bench, almost as a spectator. Federal Judge John J. Sirica had separated the case of a sixth defendant, Gordon Strachan, because of legal complications caused by previous grants of immunity...
...attack, though, is junior halfback Don Fanelli, who has picked up 177 yards and scored six touchdowns in two games this season. Fanelli spent most of his sophomore year on the bench nursing various injuries...
...this story, sliding down bannisters remains a valid method of athletic expression. Since the advent of the two-story building, human beings have taken to their asses instead of tripping downstairs, great distance runners have borne the name "bannister" in celebration of the rival sport, and the term "bench-warmer" was bestowed on the American language by the particular frustration of second-string sliders who were forced to maintain more orthodox carriages during key bannister contests...
...McInally also feels he has paid his dues. During his sophomore year, "The Mag" spent more time on the bench than on the playing field. The reason? "I was more interested in myself than in the team. Too cocky. The coaches didn't think I was mentally prepared to play football," he said...
...realize that, considering the present crime situation, this is not the perfect time for a judge enforcing policies such as mine," Wright says. But he is confident that his performance on the bench has been just and constitutionally correct, and he believes that this will be more readily apparent in a calmer future...