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...impact on Britain's labor leaders (who are frequently ignored), on the country's entry into the Common Market (which is feared) and on the political system (which is deeply distrusted). The burst of labor outrage that followed the recent jailing of the "Pentonville Five" dockers on contempt-of-court charges was primarily aimed at Ted Heath's Tories, but the opposition Labor Party has not been immune. "As for the House of Commons," Bernie Holland, a porter at London's Covent Garden market, jeered last week, "in that club the Labor M.P.s are always getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Not All Right Now, Jack | 8/14/1972 | See Source »

Judging from the new Soviet film version of the Chekhov play, the answer is an emphatic yes. Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky has directed a delicate, moving rendition that successfully toes the line between full identification and bemused contempt, compassion for the characters and pity, that Chekhov is famous...

Author: By Barbara A. Slavin, | Title: A Surprising Soviet Chekhov | 8/4/1972 | See Source »

...mysteriously appeared to represent the five suspects when they were jailed -even though at that time none had telephoned anyone about the arrests. Caddy pleaded before the jury that his relationship with his clients must remain confidential. The fact that Judge John J. Sirica ordered Caddy jailed for contempt was unusual, since judges are normally sensitive about protecting lawyer-client privileges. Prosecutors wanted to know how Caddy had heard about the arrests; investigators apparently believe that he was tipped by members of the bugging conspiracy who had not taken direct part in the headquarters breakin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Watergate Probe | 7/24/1972 | See Source »

...Committee for the Re-Election of the President on what they know about the affair. Admits one: "The FBI is all over this place." Last week a lawyer who had represented the five men arrested on June 17 in the Watergate was charged by a federal judge with contempt of court for refusing to answer questions from the grand jury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Watergate Probe | 7/24/1972 | See Source »

...damages against the Re-Election Committee. The suspects, including James W. Mc-Cord Jr., the Committee's chief security coordinator, are being individually defended by F. Lee Bailey and other legal stars. Attorney Caddy has hired no fewer than four lawyers to defend him against the contempt charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Watergate Probe | 7/24/1972 | See Source »

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