Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That spirit explains why in the past few months the Coon Club and the church, like Holmes' store, have been pressed into service as centers for meetings and fund-raising schemes. All told, $10,500 has been collected so far for the legal fees involved in seeking an injunction...
In the best tradition of damnum absque injuria, American Lawyer's first issue twits the National Law Journal for omitting Harcourt Brace's legal seminars from its calendar of events, and Legal Times' Feb. 5 issue faults Takeover Specialist Joseph Flom, who is chairman of the Journal...
Just about the most unpopular idea was Jimmy Carter's thwarted proposal to impose a new tax on domestic crude oil that would sharply raise the retail price. U.S. prices are low by world standards; a gallon of regular gas that sells in New York City for 78? costs...
William F. Buckley Jr., the conservative columnist, editor, spy novelist and talk-show Torquemada, strikes an all wise posture when lecturing Presidents, diplomats and others on their ethical responsibilities. But last week, on the firing line himself in a civil fraud case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Buckley...
Lucian K. Truscott IV also bears a refulgent military name. His grandfather, who affected pink riding breeches and a scarf of white parachute silk for combat wear, was a World War II general described as a fighter who "out-Pattoned Patton." Author Truscott's father is also a career...