Word: hatched
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...HATCH BROWN...
John Roberts spent most of the first day of his Senate confirmation hearing doing what he does best-being a perfect student. He listened dutifully as Senator Orrin Hatch instructed him on drawing the line against probing questions from Democrats. He nodded with understanding at the dramatic flourishes of Sen. Joseph Biden, who told him that as a Supreme Court justice he might rule on whether microchips could be implanted in people to track them. And when Senator Dianne Feinstein launched an impassioned defense of abortion rights, Roberts focused intently on her even as people were entering and exiting...
Boston in the summer is also full of free shows. There is the annual Shakespeare in the Park, presenting Hamlet this year, which is performed in Boston Common from July 16 until August 7. The Hatch Memorial Shell has free movies and concerts throughout the week, during the summer...
...Last month 43 Senate Democrats signed a letter calling on Bush to consult with them before choosing a nominee. Democrats like to recall that in 1993, when their party controlled the Senate and Bill Clinton was preparing to fill a vacancy on the court, he called Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, to get his views on who might make a suitable choice. Hatch urged Clinton to forgo one of his options, former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt, who Hatch thought would prove too hard to get confirmed. Instead Hatch promoted two others: Ruth Bader...
...crew of a U.S. P-3C Orion antisubmarine plane circling overhead, substantial damage was clearly visible. The sub was venting smoke from a gaping hole behind its sail, or vertical superstructure, where a hatch covering one of the 16 missile-launching tubes had been located. Said Defense Department Spokesman Commander Robert Prucha after examining photos: "The hatch was peeled back like a sardine can." But when the nearby U.S. oceangoing tug Powhatan offered assistance, the sub declined, requesting that the tug "stand clear...