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Existence is totally unliterary along the serene bayou in Covington, La., where Percy, now 55, lives with his wife and teen-age daughter. There is a stream of adolescents in and out of the house, who think that if "Dr. Percy" tried real hard, he might write something nearly as good as Love Story. Obviously unaware that any publisher in New York would swim Lake Pontchartrain for a novel by Percy, one of them recently confided that she baked him a cake with three candles when his third book was accepted for publication...
Sacks practiced law for the next two years in Washington with the firm of Covington and Burling, then came to the Law School faculty...
Nader today is widening his sights. A lawyer by training, he is investigating the affairs of Covington & Burling, the Washington law firm headed by former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. At one time or another, Covington & Burling has numbered among its clients 200 of the nation's 500 biggest corporations, and Nader wants to determine just how much influence the firm has inside the Government. Most of all, he is probing into the affairs of ossified federal bureaucracies. "We hear a lot about law and order on the streets," he says, with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes. "I thought...
...poll grew out of an investigation of the largest Washington law firm, Covington and Burling, by third-year students Mark Green and Michael Haroz and second-year student Andra Hotchkiss...
More slinky than springy is Julie Covington, the very sexy lady of the outfit. She has a dramatic turn in a murder drama (done in reverse action, of course; none of Kicks is done straight.), sings some songs with cat-like sensuality, and generally looks very nice in her many very nice costumes...