Word: client
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attempt to show his client was not consumed by murderous jealousy, Harris' defense attorney, Joel Aurnou, read a Christmas poem the headmistress had written to Tarnower making light of his sexual flings...
...newcomer was Salvatore Cucinotta, a Philadelphia lawyer who describes his specialty as "personal injury work-not basic rear-enders, but serious stuff, like burns and sexual assault cases." His ticket to Washington: U.S. vs. Morrison, in which Cucinotta urged the court to approve dismissal of drug charges against his client, Hazel Morrison, on the ground that federal narcotics agents had interfered with her right to counsel. Cucinotta argued the case in December, and it was decided last week. TIME Correspondent Evan Thomas followed the attorney's judicial odyssey to the end. His report...
...thrown out, on grounds that her right to counsel had indeed been violated. Since the remedy was unusual and drastic, the Supreme Court decided to review the case. This meant that Cucinotta would be defending not just Hazel Morrison but also a key principle: the sanctity of the attorney-client relationship...
...client sips a cup of peppermint tea, takes a shower, then pads along a plastic-covered carpet into a dim room lighted by two candles and filled with the soothing recorded sounds of wind chimes and bird chirps. He steps into a flotation tank and lies down in 8 in. of water laced with 800 Ibs. of dissolved Epsom salts and heated to 93°F. He glides back and forth once or twice, feeling weightless because of the high buoyancy, then settles back, secure in the knowledge that he is one of the earliest consumers of a modish...
...endeavor: dispensing pearls of wisdom to U.S. firms on how to enhance their products and images. The minimum price for Hoving's services: $100,000. "I'd get every little drugstore coming in if I didn't charge a responsible sum," he explains. What does a client get for the minimum? Says Hoving: "You get to talk...