Word: lawyered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...made so much of the job once there that-with his fat victory margin-he has now become the front runner for the Democratic senatorial nomination next year. Possible drawback: a serious case of stomach ulcers. ¶ In Detroit (pop. 1,905,000), once racked by racial hate, Democratic Lawyer William T. Patrick Jr., 37, became the first Negro member of Detroit's non-partisan city council. A World War II pilot making his debut in politics, Patrick promised to serve as "a representative of the total' community." ¶ In Bridgeport, Conn. (pop. 292,000), 79-year...
...lawyer's clerk is convinced he's the nephew of the Queen of Fairies, a knight that he will inherit the realm, the clergy that its pockets will be lined--and so on. The characters assume and discard identities with professional skill, and cavort from bedroom to laboratory with Elizabethan vitality...
Manhattan Lawyer Thomas E. Dewey, insistently a private citizen, slipped into the White House for an hour-long talk with President Eisenhower last week, chatted with newsmen on the way out, and unfolded some highly public opinions...
...himself, there was "not a scintilla of a possibility" that Tom Dewey would be trying again for the White House in 1960. Said Lawyer Dewey. slipping away: "I'm an empty barrel...
...reflect higher prices, but higher standards of living. The index now includes dinners out, hotel and motel rates on vacation trips, the expense of keeping more informal clothes (in addition to work clothes and Sunday best), plus outlay for sports equipment, whisky and even from time to time a lawyer to look after the family's property. It also samples prices for late-model used cars, such as many families now keep for a second car, and is giving serious thought to adding power tools, home freezers, air conditioners, outboard motors and pleasure boats to the television sets that...