Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Adhemar was intent on installing his own man, but Castello Branco picked out Abreu Sodré, a reform-minded São Paulo lawyer, for the Governor's job. Since the election was to be decided by the state legislature, where the revolution held a bandwagon majority, Adhemar's only hope was to woo the assemblymen's votes, and he went about it with all the fury that money and patronage could buy. He handed out 13,000 state jobs in five days, sometimes nominating as many as three people to the same position. And when Castello...
...direct result, said Clark, the coroner staged a three-day inquest in a school gymnasium where police searched Sheppard "in full view of several hundred spectators." His lawyer was forcibly ejected by the coroner, "who received cheers, hugs and kisses from ladies in the audience," then publicly questioned the uncounseled Sheppard for 5½ hours about his sex life in and out of marriage. Impatient that Sheppard was still not indicted, the Press blared: WHY ISN'T SAM SHEPPARD IN JAIL? QUIT STALLING, BRING...
...Powers, who supports Marvin's candidacy, added he will not go to court unless the unauthorized ballots could make some difference in the results. Only in that case, his lawyer advises him, would the courts consider looking into the election process. And it was reliably learned yesterday that Marvin is much further than 100 votes away from sixth place...
...years in prison and a $30,000 fine for transporting and failing to pay a tax on marijuana. He explains that state law requires him to impose the maximum sentense in order to commit Leary for 90 days of psychiatric examination. Leary plan an appeal, which his lawyer says will be based on freedom of religion, freedom to raise one's own family as one sees fit, and freedom to pursue scientific truth...
...entire campaign could become a battle between "reformers" and "pols" if P. Kenneth O'Donnell '49, candidate for the nomination for governor and Robert DiGiacomo, who is seeking the nomination for attorney general adopt similar charges, and if John L. Saltonstall '38, a Boston lawyer, decides to seek the Democratic nomination for attorney general...