Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Such forces are at work even in the rather unusual case of Georgia's Democratic delegation, which is handpicked by Segregationist Governor Lester Maddox. Maddox cannot ignore the realities of political balance, and Georgia delegates aim to keep open minds. Or so insists Lawyer Irving Kaler, a Jewish liberal delegate who rebuilt the party's Atlanta machinery. "The convention atmosphere itself encourages you to consider very carefully," says Kaler, "You don't operate in a vacuum. Every instrument of public opinion is focused on you. If you wear a delegate badge, five people stop you before...
Jeers. The schism widened a year ago when Sánchez, now 55, divorced his wife of 30 years and within three days married a beautiful younger woman, Lawyer Jeannette Ramos, who is 36. Aware of the problem that posed with his Roman Catholic constituency, the Governor announced at the same time that he would not seek reelection. By March, however, his confidence was so restored that he reversed his decision, against Muñoz's wishes...
...ragtag band of 160 Cubans tried to trigger an uprising against Dictator Fulgencio Batista by attacking Santiago de Cuba's Moncada Army barracks. The chancy venture was squashed, and half of the partisans were killed. Among those imprisoned was 25-year-old Fidel Castro, a lawyer turned revolutionist, who drew a 15-year sentence. In an act more merciful than wise, Batista granted Castro amnesty after only two years. In 1956, after a brief Mexican exile, Fidel was back in Cuba with another guerrilla band; but this time he was not to be caught. Two years later, he ruled...
...says. "We had to buy new pots and pans, new baking utensils, a second glass for the Osterizer, a second set of parts for the Mixmaster." Fortunately, her husband is in the housewares business. Even luckier was Mrs. Sharon Baris, a Radcliffe graduate married to a Harvard-educated corporate lawyer. When she and her husband bought a cooperative apartment in Manhattan, they were able to design their own kosher-style kitchen, with two sinks, two dishwashers-and enough storage space for all the equipment...
...meeting, run in part by Association president Anthony Miele and in part by the union's lawyer Richard Coleman, was remarkably democratic, if a bit confused. From the outset, several people in the audience complained that they had not been notified of past union meetings, and that the union did not seem to be representing them...