Word: lawyer
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...Candidate [1972]. Probably the best contemporary statement on modernday politics. The film explores the moral implications of campaigns so vast and complex that they're beyond the candidate's control. Robert Redford is just a little better than adequate as the young, idealistic lawyer turned by the political process into a non-committal pol. Peter Boyle (Joe) is a very good as the mercenary professional campaign manager who knows how to get his boy elected. Redford's confused question to Boyle at the very end is a question we will all have to consider. Must seeing...
...mystical sciences when he briefly wins Tockbridge, and suddenly finds himself on film 24. Torn between fascination with her and concern for himself, he slips easily into the world of satanism and grave-robbing, where his familiarity with the occult keeps him in good standing. He eventually bugs the lawyer's confessional and saves Tockbridge's future--that's a happy ending in Washington these days. Having failed to find his philosopher's stone in either politics or his alchemical furnace, Dobecker gives up both and marries a nice Catholic girl who already has one child and wants more...
...combining business and pleasure. Along the way, she has also picked up liabilities, however, and as she closes in on the vice presidency, these return to haunt her. Her most dangerous enemy turns out to be the most unusual of all--an incorruptible, determined Justice Department lawyer who has uncovered an Agnewesque construction company plot...
...moment, Seidman, Ford's old friend and adviser from Grand Rapids, is closest to the President's ear, and there is not much that Simon can do about it. Seidman is a novice in high-powered Washington politics and has limited experience in economics. He is an urbane millionaire lawyer and accountant (Seidman & Seidman) and is regarded as a first-rate executive. He seems well suited for his job of coordinating the board's policies and managing its day-to-day activities. Says one Administration admirer: "Seidman is moving on a very fast learning curve...
...Deputy Leonardo Bettanin and former Education Minister Jorge Taiana, were A.A.A. targets. "Now five are down, and the leftists will keep falling no matter where they are," said the clumsily worded communique. Among those since slain by the A.A.A. was Silvio Frondizi, brother of former President Arturo Frondizi. A lawyer well known for serving as defense counsel to several alleged left-wing guerrillas, Frondizi was dragged from his home by the hair and shot in the back -"the way traitors are shot," his executioners explained. His son-in-law was also killed as he attempted to stop the brutal kidnaping...