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Bork's Appetite Is Whetted For Place on Supreme Court Series: THE SHAPING OF ROBERT H. BORK Series Number: 3/3
From:
The Washington Post
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July 28, 1987| Author:
Dale Russakoff; Al Kamen
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Robert H. Bork's return to Yale in January 1977 was not a happy
one. Alexander Bickel, his colleague and closest friend had died
three years before. His wife, Claire, was waging a valiant, but
losing, battle with cancer. Moreover, he missed Washington, a city
that had captivated him like none other.
For perhaps the first period of his life, he was detached-almost
biding time, putting aside the credo that Bickel had handed down to
him, "Wreak yourself upon the world!"
Many of h...