And Princeton Tiger guy: we like the tie, but let us lend you our ethical stole for the next episode of "Discussions in Contemporary Poetry" (modelled by the Book Bench, with its head cut off).
Perhaps the greatest difference between Justice Douglas and his contemporaries and those who occupy the bench today can be found in his answer to a government that refuses to listen to its citizen or abide by the rule of law.
This is a common theme in the contemporary life sciences, where traditional lab-bench biology is being reconfigured in line with industrial modes of production and sequencing of action (Jordan and Lynch, 1992; Vermeulen, 2009).
But without it, the most talented political player on the contemporary scene would have stayed on the bench, and Clinton could have easily crushed a from-the-right challenge by an Evan Bayh or a Mark Warner.
This does not recommend him handsomely for contemporary N.H.L. hockey, in which behind most benches is a brainy guy with a portfolio of strategies.
Translated into contemporary gym lingo, you might say that Mr. Martin could bench press 250 pounds to Mr. Monroe's 300.
Contemporary American pieces include a 51-inch brown leather bench with an iron frame ($890) and a ceiling light fixture of wood veneer and stainless steel ($1,500).
His biographers will need to know contemporary press reaction to his first appearance on the front bench.
And contemporary art that uses "found objects" — like gloves or an upended piano bench — engages them, Ms. Brackbill said, by "taking things out of their normal, expected context".
Yet far from being gloomy, the room feels warm, contemporary and inviting, centred on a chunky, wooden table, surrounded by vintage swivel chairs and a bench.
