Word: lawyering
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When Arkansas state troopers Larry Patterson and Roger Perry met with reporters last week, standing beside them as media liaison and anecdote prodder was a Little Rock lawyer whom friends of Bill Clinton have taken to calling ''Ahab.'' It is a befitting moniker: from the moment he began telling journalists last year that Clinton was lying about the draft, Cliff Jackson has been out to harpoon the President. The question is why. Surprisingly, the two have much in common. Both were overachievers who grew up in small Arkansas towns; both won scholarships to Oxford; they even served as co-captains...
...McDougal and the two men's wives in a partnership to develop land along the White River. Though it was among the largest investments in their portfolio, the Clintons have described their involvement in Whitewater Development as mostly passive, with McDougal making all the decisions. Based on a campaign lawyer's report prepared in early 1992, the Clintons claim to have made no return on their investment of at least $68,900 in the partnership. Said Clinton last week: ''We were clearly losing money, and we never knew, until obviously the accountant closed the books out, exactly how much...
...materials arguing that the deportations did not constitute genocide.Officials at the Department of Education could not be reached for comment.One of the plaintiffs, Lawrence Aaronson, is a history teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. Another plaintiff, William Schechter, teaches at Lincoln-Sudbury High School.A local civil liberties lawyer, Harvey A. Silverglate, who is representing the plaintiffs in the suit, said he believes both sides should be included in discussions of the historical event.“The materials were arguing both sides of this historical dispute. Was this a genocide, or was this just simply the same kind...
...might negotiate tougher deals if word got out that they cancelled the show, but it’s not unheard of, and it’s much more common in the university setting than it is in the public setting,” said Orin Snyder, a former entertainment lawyer. “Unless there is a specific pattern in cancellation, it’s not going to be an impediment for future concerts.” Glazer said that the concert’s cancellation was “extremely disappointing.” “This...
...clerked for Alito from 1992 to 1993 and is now a law professor at Hofstra, recalls an "incredibly tolerant" judge. "He doesn't have this narrow, set view of the law." The only time she ever saw Alito upset or angry, she says, was when he thought a lawyer was misrepresenting the facts of a case. "He has no patience with lawyers when the record doesn't reflect the argument they make. He has no patience for people trying to pull a fast...