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...accused of defrauding a widow, and the New York Times will meticulously note that he "did not return telephone calls." A guilty person can no longer just hide out waiting for a story to blow over; he also stands convicted of not answering his phone. The late Edward R. Murrow used to complain against the kind of mentality that would give Judas equal space for his side of the story...
...Czeslaw Milosz and Claude Simon as well as Playwright Arthur Miller and International PEN President Per Wästberg. They mingled in places as dissimilar as hotel coffee shops and the 34-room apartment of Saul Steinberg, the takeover artist. There was also a party at Gracie Mansion, where Mayor Edward Koch and Poet Allen Ginsberg hummed a mantra, and a wall-to-wall reception in the vast Egyptian wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Milling around the reconstructed Temple of Dendur, star watchers could search for the Santa Claus figure of Canadian Novelist Robertson Davies and eavesdrop...
...ignored is that Bethesda Naval Hospital rescinded Commander Billig's credentials in November 1984 on the basis of its own internal quality assessment. This was well over a year ago, and our system for monitoring the appropriateness of care in the hospital has continued to progress throughout that time. Edward S. Amis Jr. Commanding Officer Naval Hospital Bethesda...
...seek outrageously high damages for clients who have flimsy cases, so that the lawyers can reap huge contingency fees (if the case fails the plaintiff's attorney earns nothing, but if it succeeds he commonly takes one-third and, on occasion, as much as 50% of the award). Says Edward Levy, general manager of the Association of California Insurance Companies: "Lawyers are out to make a buck, and they seem to have little concern for the overall societal effects of what they are doing...
...friends, including New York Mayor Edward Koch, were startled. Manes was at the peak of his 21-year political career, newly re-elected, and admired by his constituents. Soon, though, the reason for Manes' inner torture became known: his close friend Geoffrey Lindenauer, 52, whom Manes had placed as deputy director of the city's parking-violations bureau, was charged with extorting $5,000 from a private collection agency as a payoff for a contract to dun motorists for unpaid parking tickets...