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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...eight cases, including the conviction of Sun-Diamond Growers, a California raisin-and-nut cooperative, for, among other things, giving Espy luggage, meals and transportation. But even before his recent big losses, lawyers were complaining that Smaltz and his deputy Ted Greenberg have acted like wayward cowboys. Hiram Eastland, a lawyer representing former Espy aide Ron Blackley, says Smaltz's lawyers put Blackley's wife on the stand and tried to get her to testify against her husband despite the long-standing marital-privilege doctrine. He says they also hauled the aide's son out of college midterms, sent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PERIL OF PROSECUTORIAL PASSION | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

...colleagues sarcastically urged the Bush-Quayle campaign to stop "sitting on our lead." Meanwhile, some of Bush's conservative critics -- including columnists George Will and A.M. Rosenthal, direct-mail impresario Richard Viguerie and policy analyst Burton Pines -- suggested that he step aside in favor of a stronger candidate. Terry Eastland, author of a new book on the presidency titled Energy in the Executive, speaks for many fellow conservatives when he observes that "Bush has not put forward a positive reason for people to elect him to a second term, other than his foreign-policy record, which is simply not enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Wrong With Bush? | 8/10/1992 | See Source »

...American Dream" by a small group of bright, tough people who, unrestrained by conscience or government, ruthlessly exploited other people and resources even as they cloaked themselves in courtliness. Cobb has documented the manipulation of the modern political system by the likes of the late Senator James Eastland, who poured millions of tax dollars into the pockets of the planters and let the little fellows go begging. Cobb believes the way the Delta goes will give us a clue on whether the rest of the U.S. -- and, indeed, the world -- can successfully deal with minority and Third World problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hugh Sidey's America: Sad Song Of the Delta | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

...former Justice Department official Terry Eastland has noted in Commentary, police departments have been forced to defend requirements that applicants not have criminal records--a standard which has been proven to have a statistical "adverse impact" on Blacks and Hispanics. Complainants have also challenged anti-drug policies of mass transit authorities and physical strength tests of fire departments...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Empowerment, Not Preferences | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

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