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That was the first meeting between John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, and Gorey, then news editor at the Salt Lake City Tribune. Gorey also met Robert and Ethel Kennedy, the host and hostess of the lawn party at which he found himself. A few months later, Gorey was back on the job in Utah when J.F.K. came through to deliver a speech. Noticing Gorey in the audience, he sought him out and asked his advice about the best time to declare his candidacy for the presidency. The earlier the better, replied Gorey. Kennedy smiled. Soon afterward...
Prohibition was a law designed for the public good but which caused more problems than it solved. Just like the end of Prohibition the legalization of narcotics would provide a host of important benefits...
According to Harvard Coach Carole Kleinfelder, the Crimson was eager to participate in the four-team ECAC tourney. But Harvard was not able to secure the right to host the tournament in part because the football team will hold its only spring practice on Soldiers Field this Friday, the first day of the tournament...
Bochco's sly accomplishment is to have concocted a show that, while styling itself as a no-holds-barred look at the legal profession, manages to reaffirm a host of romantic illusions about lawyers. Except for one cartoon villain (the mercenary Brackman, played by Alan Rachins) and to some extent the slick divorce lawyer played by Corbin Bernsen, virtually all the main characters on L.A. Law are upright, principled, sensitive and dedicated. There are few hints that ethical compromises, or even a healthy professional detachment, might be part of the terrain. When Abby Perkins (Michele Greene), one of the firm...
Thirty years ago, William F. Buckley Jr. was widely viewed as a reactionary young fogy. Ten years later his critics were content to see him as a leading spokesman for conservatism and a worthy opponent. Today the editor of the National Review, TV host, columnist, lecturer, spy novelist and yachtsman is an Establishment celebrity admired for his charm but reproached for his unbearable lightness of being...