Word: evergreen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...impose his own liberal political views on the law, he often found himself in dissent during his nearly 37 years on the court, the longest term ever served by a Justice. Some saw him as a radical who threatened to wreck the system. He was in fact an evergreen liberal devoted to preserving the system by making it more humane. When he died last week at 81, he left a bold legacy of uncompromising devotion to the rights of individuals...