Word: counsels
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Flash forward to today, when the teachers' union has cited that very clause in its suit against the government. "I don't think you have to be a lawyer to say what that paragraph means," says Bob Chanin, general counsel for the NEA. "We'd be delighted to take on [the Department of Education]. If we get down to the merits, we think we clearly have the better of the case...
...question-and-answer session following his remarks, Patrick fielded a handful of inquiries about his role as executive vice president and general counsel of the Coca-Cola Company, which he left last year after a dispute with the company’s CEO. During Patrick’s tenure, the company dealt with a lawsuit alleging that the company held responsibility for human rights violations committed in a Colombian labor dispute...
...that safe travelers can study abroad in a broad range of locales. Schools like Yale and New York University already recognize this. They ban students from traveling to dangerous areas within other countries instead of imposing blanket bans on countries themselves. The OIP and the Harvard Office of General Counsel (OGC) must either conform to these more reasonable and widely-adopted standards for international travel or provide a transparent explanation for why they will...
...lobbying--or "asks"--of most Congress members. When it came to DeLay's office, however, Abramoff did the work himself. Sources say he developed a particularly close relationship with Tony Rudy, who in his five years of working for DeLay was at various times press secretary, policy director, general counsel and deputy chief of staff. Abramoff and Rudy shared passions for sushi, racquetball and golf, and the lobbyist lavished sports tickets on the congressional aide. Two former DeLay staff members recall that Rudy would frequently e-mail Abramoff from inside Republican leadership meetings on a Motorola pager that Hill staff...
...nation states in single combat. By his side as he spars and reasons with Mikhail Gorbachev will be three top aides: Secretary of State George Shultz, National Security Adviser Robert ("Bud") McFarlane and White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan. The President will depend heavily on the wisdom and counsel of this small coterie of advisers and a larger supporting cast both in Geneva and in Washington. Any deal the U.S. might conceivably work out with the Soviets will be as much their product as the President...