11.   And when it finally came last week, it was in a courtroom just down a hallway from where Longoria long presided in black robes.

12.   And when it finally came last week, it was in a courtroom just down the hallway from where Longoria long presided in black robes.

13.   As irreconcilable social issues crowded into judicial dockets, modern judges increasingly resembled unpleasant, opinionated political partisans in black robes.

14.   Because this time out, the man in the black robes is Rod Steiger.

15.   A Russian Orthodox priest, the Rev. Nikon Lamekin, was also inside, in flowing black robes and carrying a gold-tipped staff.

16.   A student of history, Gore also knows that no president can guarantee how an appointee will act once draped in that lifetime black robe.

17.   But his Santa wore black robes instead of a red suit.

18.   But with shareholders increasingly insisting on board independence, the only judgment that matters may come from someone with a gavel and a black robe.

19.   Cabinet secretaries and judges in black robes.

20.   Chador is a loose black robe that covers the body and most of the face.