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Second, the CRR needs to puzzle through just what sort of hearing procedure it wants to conduct. Is it to be a board of inquiry, which conducts an investigation? a tribunal, which hears the cases presented by adversaries? a confessional, seeking the recantation of those brought to the bench? The ORR's lengthy statement of procedures provide no satisfactory answers to this issue; in the hearing I attended. The Committee wavered in its role, puzzling both counsel-do I question my client, or does he talk at will? are interruptions from complainants, or the CRR, permissible? is close cross-examination...
Justice is sometimes served in mysterious ways. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun told a commencement day audience at Hamline University last week that when he took his place on that exalted bench, he was amazed to find that each Justice had a box of cough drops in a drawer in front of him. "I don't know why," said Blackmun, "because we don't say much." In Blackmun's box was a single cough drop. "It tasted like it had been there since 1902. Then I didn't know what to do with the empty...
...major roadblocks for Harvard are depth and game experience. Although the Crimson can field twelve plays who could start for any team, Harvard lacks the overall bench strength both in the bullpen and in the reserves to carry the team through the eight-team double-elimination tournament...
...Three UMass infielders began jumping and screaming as McGugan scored. They kept it up as Varney lumbered toward second base. The UMass second baseman recovered to take the throw in and appeared to tag Varney out by three feet. The second-base umpire called Varney safe and the UMass bench erupted...
...bench then took over for the coach. The steady drone of curses and epithets lasted five minutes until the umpire had heard enough. He stopped the game and banished everyone not playing, coaches and managers included. The substitutes spent the rest of the game watching from the stands...