Word: clauses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Which brings us to an interesting point. The von Bulow trial was a media event because it was exciting. It was trash: good, all-American trash. It was not, however, a media event because of the fancy legal maneuvering that accompanied Claus von Bulow's initial conviction--and subsequent acquittal--for twice attempting to murder his heiress wife Sunny Crawford von Auersperg von Bulow...
...appeals process, which Dershowitz directed and which gained a second trial for von Bulow? Come on, you want to read about the sleaze. You want to know about the big mansions in Newport, the drugs, the booze, the fast cars, the lifestyles of the rich and famous. What about Claus' many mistresses? What about those rumors that Sunny popped every pill in the book...
...appeared in some 800 commercials for the Federated Group, a Los Angeles-based electronics chain. In Stevens' wacky TV career, he has impersonated The Honeymooners' Ralph Kramden and Miami Vice's Sonny Crockett, played a man who gets attacked by rabid frogs and even starred as a Santa Claus who turns into a werewolf. His public appearances at Federated stores attract hundreds of autograph seekers. Most important, since his TV debut in 1982, Federated's sales have surged 80%, and the 16-year-old company has grown from 15 outlets to 60. Says Marketing Vice President Gary Tobey...
...sounded alternately conciliatory and pugnacious toward Eastern's employees. "We're not union busters, we're airline builders," he said at one point. Later, though, Lorenzo took the offensive, declaring that it was essential that he receive wage concessions from the machinists' union. Said he: "There is no Santa Claus...
...assistant to Dershowitz said yesterday, "He and Claus have remained friends,... or at least acquaintances" since the retrial. The aide, who wished not to be identified, added, however, that Dershowitz, a criminal lawyer, would not work on von Bulow's case in the civil suit filed against the socialite by two von Bulow children...