Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Book. In a tough and cynical city like New York, deals are the rule rather than the exception. In ways that some thought naive and others admirable, John Lindsay quickly made it clear that he intended to go by the book, like the good trial lawyer he was before entering Congress. He refused to inject himself as a private manipulator between Quill and the Transit Authority, insisted that the three-man team of mediators be the only go-between. He made it clear that labor would no longer be able to make any sub rosa deals with the mayor...
...ticket. Among them were the five contenders for the top spot. On personal grounds, Bill Scranton would prefer State Attorney General Walter Alessandroni, his closest political lieutenant and his campaign manager in the 1964 preconvention period. But Scranton decided instead on Lieutenant Governor Raymond P. Shafer, 48, a lawyer whose effective campaigning has put him ahead in the opinion polls. While publicly maintaining that there was "no leading candidate," Scranton privately informed the four also-rans that Shafer was his man. Said State G.O.P. Chairman Craig Truax, a loyal Scranton man: "I don't know how anyone can stop...
...head of a vastly expanded Ministry of Finance and Economics, was fiery Michel Debré, 54, lawyer and journalist who was mainly responsible for the Fifth Republic's constitution and was De Gaulle's first Premier, from 1959 to 1962. Debré won the unenviable nickname of Père Colère (Old Man Fury) for his ferocious attacks on the Fourth Republic; he earned still more bitter criticism by advocating a hard line on Algeria, and resigned after the ceasefire. Since then, however, he has staged a comeback, in both influence and popularity. As a Deputy...
...leaves behind an unfinished budget for fiscal 1967 and a legacy of bitterness among both foreign and domestic businessmen. If few of them understood the nightmarish problems that any Indian Finance Minister has to cope with, most still held high hopes for their fortunes under the new man, Calcutta Lawyer Sachindra Chaudhuri, who was expected to take a far more flexible approach. Indeed, on news of a change in the post, shares on the Indian stock exchanges staged a brisk rally...
...switched his story and implicated Ashe. Startled, the commander told the court: "I don't think I can represent them both properly." How could he defend one man without attacking the other? Not moved, the court ordered counsel to continue, and found all three defendants guilty. A Navy lawyer reviewing the case later frankly noted that Ashe was denied "effective assistance of counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment...