Word: lawyer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...American Bar Association code of professional responsibility mandates that a lawyer assist in making counsel available and improving the legal system, but "the obligation is one that arises independent of the canons," Phelps said...
...Russians can be feted at the White House and the Chinese can eat dinner with the President, certainly a simple country lawyer like me shouldn't have to be concerned whether or not a distinguished young man from Libya can be the guest of a distinguished group of Harvard people," Cooper said...
Paraphernalia Trade Association, with headquarters in Philadelphia: "We're not a bunch of stoned-out hippies carving pipes in the basement. We're normal businessmen with shirts and ties." The association hired a lawyer to fight Westfield's action and won a preliminary injunction against enforcing the new ordinance. Whatever the outcome, the battle is educational. Says Medeiros: "I'll tell you, I've learned a lot myself. I never knew they sold orange-flavored cigarette papers...
...avoid more bloodshed, the Ayatullah may have to make some concessions. Says Massoud Behnoud, a Tehran lawyer: "If Khomeini reaches some kind of compromise with the Bakhtiar government, he can bring the country peaceably to a referendum on a new constitution. He doesn't even have to fear chaos too greatly. He already has 90% of the people with him. If he now begins to share his absolute power and allow other groups to speak out more, we will be on our way to liberty. Khomeini's real power will be that of the religious leader of Iran...
...least one stockholder has already filed suits against the McGraw-Hill management and others are expected to follow, claiming that they were financially damaged by the turndown of the $40 bid. Said Abraham Pomerantz, a New York lawyer who makes a specialty of class action suits: "There are squeals all over America from frustrated shareholders of McGraw-Hill. My telephone has been ringing all morning with calls from people who want to join the [lawsuit] parade...