Word: client
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...gesture burnishes Esso's image in the eyes of the Italian people and the government. Small gestures are also important. No German businessman would ever think of dining at a customer's house without bringing flowers for the hostess; no Dutchman would ever ask a prospective client out to lunch without first weighing whether the guest might deem the offer a subtle bribe...
...five generations. In 1959 a local judge asked Jones to defend an illiterate Negro named Phil Whitus who was charged with murdering a white farmer. At first, Jones tried to refuse. Then he became so convinced of Whitus' innocence that he has since dedicated himself to keeping his client alive. Last winter, on his second try, Jones persuaded the Supreme Court to reverse Whitus' death sentence. Georgia may well reconvict, but Lawyer Jones intends to fight on-despite such white hostility that he has lost 50% of his practice, his house, his office and his secretary, whose salary...
...many foreign operators who have moved in to exploit Switzerland's free-and-easy financial codes, Munoz specialized in buying into Swiss banks and bringing to them huge sums of capital fleeing from Latin America and Spain. In 1962 he landed quite a client: Ramfis Trujillo, playboy son of the assassinated Dominican despot. Though at least one big Swiss bank had found Trujillo's millions too hot to handle, Munoz channeled the funds into two banks that he controlled, the Swiss Savings & Credit Bank of St. Gallen and the Geneva Commerce & Credit Bank. To invest the Trujillo hoard...
...they confessed voluntarily. The court left police only one loophole: the suspect may "intelligently waive" his rights. Does this mean that he needs a lawyer to tell him what he is waiving? And if grilling now requires the physical presence of a lawyer, will he not obviously advise his client to remain silent? Possible result: no more valid confessions...
...least twice, and some time after July he will return to his Washington law practice. The Army will miss him. "He is in love with the Army," one general says of the white-haired Army Secretary who has never been in military service. "The Army has been his client, and he has been its advocate...