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...thin stuff for serious historical scholarship. The result is a tedious, one-dimensional narrative that reveals little about Rayburn the Speaker or Rayburn the man. Steinberg generally hovers at the level of cliche, as in his description of young Rayburn's reaction to a speech by Texas Congressman Joe Bailey: "With a prophecy born of youthful excitement, he predicted that one day he would also become a congressman like Bailey...
...juggles the two most important cases of his 14-year career as a prosecutor. The first of these -the charge that Hearst was a willing participant in the Symbionese Liberation Army bank robbery in San Francisco-brought Browning into court last week against famed Defense Lawyer F. Lee Bailey. It was an encounter to whet courthouse appetites. "Browning versus Bailey?" remarked a San Francisco attorney. "The only question is what school Patty will enroll in next year. Bailey will...
First Round. In his light purple suit, Browning proved at least a sartorial match for Bailey (in a blue pinstripe). And as the two sparred cordially over three psychiatric reports from court-appointed experts, Browning easily held his own. Bailey emphasized that one report said Patty had experienced "traumatic neurosis" and was suffering a "diminished ability" to cooperate with her attorneys. Even so, Browning countered, the report did not find Patty mentally incompetent. After three days of reflection, Judge Oliver Carter ruled that Patty was indeed competent and ordered her arraigned this week...
Prosecutors are expected to argue that Patty willingly took part in the bank job, a contention she herself supported in a taped message after the raid. Bailey has already said that he will try to prove that Patty was under duress. But his opponent remains confident. "Sure there's pressure in this case," says Browning. "But U.S. Attorneys can't really make it or break it on any one case, unless they really screw it up. And that's not going to happen...
...Although Ford had met the Egyptian leader only once before-in Salzburg last June-he greeted him with assurances of "warm personal friendship." Later there were two hour-long meetings in the Oval Office. At a state dinner Sadat-who does not dance-was whirled round by Singer Pearl Bailey as part of her act. This week Sadat will meet Ford twice more-at the Jacksonville, Fla., estate of Oil Millionaire Raymond Mason and at the White House; he will also address a joint session of Congress...