Word: counseled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Senate have been uneventful; the soft-spoken Simon is universally well liked by his colleagues, but even while on the Judiciary Committee during the Robert Bork hearings, he did little to claim public notice. He is very much a loner, acting as his own chief speechwriter and counsel. His presidential race began almost by accident. He endorsed Arkansas Senator Dale Bumpers, and then belatedly jumped into the fray in May after Bumpers joined the ranks of Democratic sideliners...
Administrators welcomed the decision to end the inquiry. "The fact they are not going to proceed on this is not surprising because we had felt there were no illegalities or improprieties," Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 said yesterday. "The result is fine...
...inseveral controversial issues other than the Borkhearings. "Professor Tribe is involved in a largenumber of issues of public policy. We want toexplore each of those to see which if any of hisopponents were motivated to do this," Lacovarasaid. In addition to his role in the Borkhearings, Tribe served as counsel to Pennzoilwhich won a $10 billion case from Texaco in April...
More serious is a state attorney general's probe of a previously undisclosed $350,000 loan to the Mecham campaign from a local developer, and questions about whether the loan influenced two Mecham appointments. While the Governor denies any wrongdoing, the legislature has hired a special counsel to investigate, and Mecham has been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury this week...
...with an array of aggressive interest groups and lobbyists over environmental regulations and rules concerning safety in the workplace; yet he won high marks from both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill for his adept handling of the job. "He can walk through land mines," says former OMB General Counsel Michael Horowitz. "He's careful, thoughtful and manages to bring people together...