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Life surely will change for Souter once he officially dons his robe -- the same one he wore as a U.S. Court of Appeals judge in Boston -- for the first time, one week into the court's new term. The Washington Post has already named him the town's leading bachelor, while admitting that he is not exactly "your standard hunka hunka burning love." In an effort to help him with the local ladies, the Post printed the Supreme Court's telephone number...
Alternative Religion. Join the Hare Krishna movement. To fit in, you need only a pink rayon robe and a long shock of hair on the back of your head, which is not a problem with my baldness pattern. They shave the rest of your head and everyone's happy. A bonus is the swell performance opportunities in front of the Coop on Saturday nights (I want the tambourine) and the "delicious 10-course vegetarian feasts" advertised on the little leaflets they hand...
...jawed prizefighter (hence the nickname), is mentally ill. But federal agents believe his behavior is an act designed to avoid prosecution. Recalls John Pritchard, a former FBI supervisor: "Once in 1985 I saw Gigante walk outdoors in a bathrobe. He climbed into a car, and several blocks later the robe came off and he was wearing a suit...
...request of the President. I wrote the opinion that held it was appropriate to require a warrant. But when I was practicing law, I made a speech indicating that the President ought to have the right to wiretap without a warrant. When you put on the black robe, the experience is sobering. It makes you more thoughtful...
...Judge John F. Keenan have been on a collision course. Keenan has repeatedly chastised Spence for rambling off the issues and playing to the jury. When Spence suggested that he was not being treated fairly, the judge leaped to his feet, a red tide of fury rising from black robe to white hair, slammed down a sheaf of papers and snapped, "Such wild, improper, misleading statements should not be made in front of the jury...