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...smart enough to get his degree at Columbia Law School at 20; his political connections got him a job as clerktypist ($1,765 a year) in the office of the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York while he champed around waiting to turn 21 so he could be admitted to the bar. On the day he was admitted-May 27, 1948-he was sworn in as an assistant U.S. attorney ($3,397 a year), He soon became a specialist in subversive activities, performing ably and energetically as a staff lawyer on such cases as the William Remington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Self-Inflated Target | 3/22/1954 | See Source »

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