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He also put more than four dozen judges on the federal appeals courts, flipping several circuits to a more conservative bent.

It premiered in1953 at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris and ever since has been endlessly analyzed and explained by academics, critics and theater lovers bent on uncovering its meaning.

“Carrie and I realized every time she bent forward, they were all coming forward,” Lawson says.

But the outcomes of a list of ballot measures told a more complicated story of a state known for its liberal bent.

The octogenarian president’s bent posture and halted speaking manner didn’t reassure many Democrats, even as they pointed to the many verbal miscues of Trump, just three years his junior.