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Several considerations may be involved in judges' decisions to resign. Some have left to take top posts in the Executive Branch, among them FBI Director William Webster and Secretary of Education Shirley Hufstedler. Others have cited such reasons as a burgeoning case load, understaffing and the staleness known as "the judicial blahs." But economic woes are considered by far the most pressing. In 1969, when trial judges were earning $40,000 and appeals court judges $42,500, there were few complaints. But over the past eleven years, the cost of living has surged 131% while salaries have risen only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Case of the Bench vs. the Buck | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

Although Quincy dominated the play all afternoon at the Webster Field Snow Bowl, things looked a little tight when the invaders from New Haven tied the score at 6-6 late in the third quarter. The key play on that drive was a Mark Michalowski to Jack Stauffer 35-yard scoring strike...

Author: By William A. Danoff and Mark H. Doctoroff, S | Title: Quincy Blasts Yalies, 20-6, Takes Tackle Crown | 11/22/1980 | See Source »

...children's festival held in Harvard's Sanders Theater opened the day; 1000 schoolboys and girls from the Webster, Putnam, Thorndike, Allston, Shepard, Harvard and Washington schools crowded into the hall, where "they bent their eager gaze" upon a stage full of dignitaries...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: More Talk, Less Fireworks in 1880 | 10/4/1980 | See Source »

...Webster's defines producer as "a person who supervises the production of a stage or screen production...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: No Producers on the Premises | 9/27/1980 | See Source »

Julie Taylor Webster Groves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 1, 1980 | 9/1/1980 | See Source »

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