NEWS LITE : TRADITION TAKES IT ON THE CHIN.OK, so it isn't as revolutionary as the first woman on the court, but the beard that Justice Antonin Scalia was sporting at Monday's opening of the new Supreme Court term was indeed worthy as a historical note. Not since Charles Evans For other persons named Charles Evans, see Charles Evans (disambiguation). Sir Robert Charles Evans M.D., DSc, (19 October 1918 - 5 December 1995), was a mountaineer, surgeon, and educator. Born in Liverpool, he was raised in Wales and became a fluent Welsh speaker. Hughes left the high court, in 1941, has a justice worn a beard. In the court, where precedent is observed, established or shattered, changes come glacially. A beard, a new chair, former Justice Tom Clark's bow tie, all such changes become the stuff of history. Scalia's beard, spotted during the summer recess, was the subject of speculation in the closed little world of Supreme Court clerks, secretaries and other functionaries. Would he shave it off? ``It's the hottest question in the building,'' Maryellen Toughill, Scalia's longtime secretary, said when pressed last week for her prediction. ``I don't have a clue.'' On Monday, promptly at 10 a.m., the marshal of the court, Dale Bosley, chanted ``oyez [French, Hear ye.] A word used in some courts by the public crier to indicate that a proclamation is about to be made and to command attention to it. OYEZ, practice. Hear; do you hear. , oyez, oyez . . .'' and the nine justices stepped from behind the backdrop curtain to open the October 1996 term. Scalia was in full beard A full beard is a type of downward flowing beard with either styled or integrated moustache; i.e. a full-grown, long beard. Unlike many other beard styles, a full beard makes use of nearly all of a male's facial hair. , not the mouth-framing mustache-chin adornment that Hughes wore. The Scalia hair, speckled speck·led adj. 1. Dotted or covered with speckles, especially flecked with small spots of contrasting color. 2. Of a mixed character; motley. Adj. 1. black and white, reached from sideburn to sideburn. Lovell earns own museum James Lovell James Lovell may be:
His popularity as commander of the Apollo 8 flight prompted wooing from the Republican Party and a promise in 1970 from city officials to name the science wing of the Discovery World Museum in Milwaukee in his honor. It never happened. Mayor Henry Maier Henry Walter Maier (February 7, 1918 – July 17, 1994) was an American politician and mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1960 to 1988. Maier was born in 1918 in Dayton, Ohio. scrapped the plan, saying he was worried that Lovell would come after his job. Complex praise for classic text On the occasion of its 100th anniversary, the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Book Review has reprinted some reviews of classic works of literature. Among them is an essay by Dr. Joseph Collins on James Joyce's novel ``Ulysses'' that ran May 28, 1922. Collins begins by noting that the average intelligent reader will ``glean little or nothing'' from the book, ``save bewilderment and a sense of disgust.'' ``Not 10 men or women out of 100 can read `Ulysses' through, and of the 10 who succeed in doing so, five of them will do it as a tour de force. ``I am probably the only person, aside from the author, that has ever read it twice from beginning to end. I have learned more psychology and psychiatry from it than I did in 10 years at the Neurological Institute.'' In Collins' opinion, Joyce is ``one of the sanest geniuses that I have ever known.'' Cat contender Stumping for presidential pet A fourth debate in the presidential campaign holds all the trappings of a fur-flying confrontation. Television show host John McLaughlin John McLaughlin is the name of:
At issue: Which would be the best first pet - a dog or a cat? The National Humane Society A humane society is a group that aims to stop animal suffering due to cruelty or other reasons. Examples Examples of humane societies include: The Humane Society of the United States, Peninsula Humane Society, American Humane which was founded in 1877 as a network of and the publisher of both Cats Magazine and Dog World will co-sponsor the event, which is set for Oct. 17 in Washington, D.C. A team arguing for Leader's side will be led by Dog World's contributing editor A contributing editor is a magazine job title that varies in responsibilities. Most often, a contributing editor is a freelancer who has proven ability and readership draw. , John Cargill. Amy D. Shojai, president and founder of the Cat Writers' Association and contributing editor of Cats Magazine, will lead the cat side. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Antonin Scalia, seen earlier this month at the University of Kansas The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. The main campus resides atop Mount Oread. , is the first Supreme Court justice in a half-century to wear a beard. Associated Press (2) James Lovell Jr.: Town hero (3) Socks is weighing a debate with Bob Dole's dog, Leader. |
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