Word: benchings
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...thousands of cases Sonia Sotomayor has heard during nearly 17 years on the federal bench, the one likely to raise the toughest questions during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, which begin on July 13, involves affirmative action. In 2007 Sotomayor, as a member of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, heard arguments in the case of Ricci v. DeStefano. In that case, white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., challenged the city's decision to ignore the results of a promotion test after there were no black firefighters among the top scorers. One of 20 white firefighters who brought the case...
Obama referred to Sotomayor's "qualities" and "qualifications," but he was a lot more interested in the former than the latter. She grew up in the South Bronx, got diabetes at 8, lost her father at 9 and fought her way to Princeton and the federal bench thanks to a strong-willed mother who procured the "only set of encyclopedias in the neighborhood." She has "a common touch and a sense of compassion, an understanding of how the world works and how ordinary people live." Obama has spoken of wanting judges with "empathy...
...during his time at Harvard, Borges lived through an experience that eventually inspired his most relevant short story. On a spring morning, Borges took a walk by the Charles River, and sat on a bench close to Dunster House to rest. Despite his blindness, he noticed he wasn’t alone—someone else was there. But when he talked to “The Other”—as the story based on the incident is called—Borges was horrified to hear his own voice answering his questions, except that the voice...
...parents’ permission over the summer, they told him to ask them again in a month, at which point he gave her a family heirloom ring. After asking her parents again and receiving their blessing, Crocker proposed—with another ring—on a bench across from Weeks Bridge on their first night back at school this year. Next fall, Mims will begin law school at the University of Virginia, while Crocker starts dentistry studies at Virginia Commonwealth University...
...this bad luck was that Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker got to showcase his first-class recruits. Forwards Keith Wright and Peter Boehm filled the holes in the frontcourt, averaging 8.0 and 6.1 points per game, respectively, and guards Oliver McNally and Max Kenyi provided valuable minutes off the bench...