Word: jr
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prosecutors could have been the ones who got slammed and dunked. If the court had overturned the 1978 Ethics in Government Act, it would have reversed the perjury conviction of former Reagan Aide Michael Deaver, who was prosecuted by Independent Counsel Whitney North Seymour Jr. But what really had Washington holding its breath was the prospect that a reversal might put into question evidence collected by Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh in the first months of his Iran-contra investigation, before he took a backup appointment from the Justice Department. The ruling also frees Prosecutor James McKay, who earlier obtained...
...record industry heard it through the grapevine: Berry Gordy Jr., the former Detroit autoworker who founded Motown Records nearly 30 years ago, was shopping the company around. No one was dancing in the streets about that idea, since Motown ranks as one of the largest black-owned businesses in the U.S. But last week Gordy announced that he would sell it to the Los Angeles- based entertainment conglomerate MCA and a group of private investors for $61 million...
...EMPIRE OF REASON (PBS, July 13, 10 p.m. on most stations). The big guns of TV news report on the battle to ratify the Constitution as if it were a breaking story. Walter Cronkite anchors for the "Continental Television Network," and William F. Buckley Jr. and Phil Donahue do their thing...
Because of Dukakis's inexperience in dealing with Congress and the general perception that he is weak on foreign policy and defense issues, Assistant Professor of Government Mark A. Peterson said that Glenn, Sen Albert Gore, Jr. '69 (D-Tenn.), or Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.) would be desirable running mates since they make up for these apparent shortcomings...
...case's national financial implications, it also featured an unusual twist, brought about by the cast of Harvard players involved: Harvard Corporation member Colman M. Mockler, Jr. '52, the chief executive officer of Gillette Co., and Harvard Overseer Rya M. Zobel '53, the federal judge originally slated to hear the case...