Word: lawyer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...campaign against dissidents, is nearing a grim anniversary: as of next week, he will have been held incommunicado for a full year in Moscow's Lefortovo prison while awaiting trial on espionage charges. Last week the regime gave him a present of sorts, a state-appointed lawyer named Silva Dubrovskaya, who was described by the chairman of the Moscow bar association as a "lovely woman and a very experienced trial lawyer." One of her first acts was to express surprise to Western newsmen at their interest in what she called "an ordinary case." Said she: "Very soon the time...
...street ("a nice policeman is acting as our butler"). Their problems are solved when Susie, the sister, falls in love with a chap disguised as a hobo, who is in fact about to inherit a swanky hotel. Also singing and dancing across the stage are a lessthan-scrupulous lawyer, a Mexican bandit, a stern uncle, a cooing couple and assorted chorus members. The folderol produces no fewer than four marriages, as well as such numbers as "The Half of It Dearie Blues," "I'd Rather Charleston" and "The Man I Love...
...Leslie, playing Susie, is consistently good, but is truly at her best here, switching costumes, rescuing her brother, dancing Charlestons and tangos, and looking rattled throughout. If, as her brother says, her mind is in her dancing shoes, then she clearly has lots of brains. George Melrod, as the lawyer, gets to display his comic talents to advantage in this act, and George W. Hunt, as Susie's hobo, makes the switch easily into hotel magnate, maintaining a boyish charm despite his three-piece suit, and eliciting as many chuckles as anyone in the cast...
...rival Edward Bennett Williams as the capital's top criminal defense attorney. A spiffy dresser who favors loud sports coats, Hundley is on good terms with the Washington press corps. He also can draw on invaluable friendships and expertise accumulated during 16 years as a Justice Department lawyer. His contacts can help him tell where an inquiry is heading, and his experience and instincts help him to detect when a prosecutor is bluffing...
...response to Avital Shcharansky's plea, Alan Dershowitz, professor of Law, said yesterday he and Rep. Robert Drinan (D-Mass) will send an offer of assistance to Silvia Dubrovskaya, the lawyer the Soviet government has appointed to defend Anatoly Shcharansky...