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Almost all such work reflects the complexity of modern society-the problems of big business, of big unions, of big government, with its high taxes and its maze of regulations. Lawyers must make sure not only that a contract is foolproof and foulproof, but also that the deal in question clears with the federal regulatory agencies, the Justice Department and the Treasury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lawyers: The Factories | 1/24/1964 | See Source »

While the U.S. is trying to work out with Soviet negotiators at Geneva a nuclear test ban with a foulproof inspection system, are the Russians going ahead with tests of various kinds and sizes to see how much test-ban evasion they could get away with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ATOM: More Soviet Tests? | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

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