Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...smooth lawyer was trying his greatest case. It was, said one who observed it, "the gutsiest performance I've ever seen or ever heard about." For seven months the argument raged. Johnson said little, but he was listening. Clifford threw all his weight behind arguments that persuaded the President to order the partial suspension of bombing of North Viet Nam on March 31 to get talks with Hanoi under way. Again, Clifford's view held sway when bombing was halted altogether on Oct. 31 in an effort to rescue the negotiations from stalemate...
...stodgy image and a company with a spotty record. In his tenure, U.S. Steel's share of domestic steel sales has slipped from 30% to 25%. Last week, hoping to reverse that trend sharply, the world's largest steelmaker picked a new management group. To succeed Lawyer Blough as chairman and chief executive, Big Steel's directors chose Edwin H. Gott, 60, an operations man who has been president for the past 18 months...
Other executive changes further underscored the policy shift. To succeed Gott as president, the board picked his longtime ally and fellow production specialist, Executive Vice President Edgar B. Speer, 52. Another executive vice president, R. Heath Larry, a lawyer and Blough protege who has long been considered his heir apparent, had to settle for the post of vice chairman. At 54, Larry is still young enough to have a shot at the top job later...
After his candidate had nailed down the nomination, Nixon Confidant John Mitchell was asked if he had enjoyed campaigning. "No, I have not," he snapped. But now Mitchell, 55, a bril liant bond lawyer who earns $200,000 a year and who became involved in Nixon's campaign when their firms merged in 1967, has taken on the difficult job of putting into practice the campaign or atory about law and order, much of which he was responsible for formulating. The Attorney General-designate gained his legal reputation by arranging municipal bond financing for cities and states across...
According to Washington Lawyer Michael Tigar, the editor of the Selective Service Law Reporter, Judge Harvey's decision extends Clark's opinion "very significantly." Perhaps trying to caution those who may seek reclassification as a result of it, Selective Service Director Lewis Hershey pointedly observed at week's end that "the area of religion is a very complicated...