Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When contra negotiators sat down last week they found themselves facing not only two Sandinistas but also an American lawyer. Paul Reichler, 40, has represented the Sandinista government for the past nine years. "I'm a lawyer, I'm a professional, and above all I'm an American," says Reichler. "I believe the war against Nicaragua is against the interests of my own country...
...right-wing lobbying group has tried to persuade the Justice Department to investigate the lawyer under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Though some friends remain surprised by Reichler's choice of a major client (he also represents the Philippines and Guatemala), they praise his legal ability. "He's a very bright, very articulate lawyer who is totally dedicated to the Sandinista cause," says Stuart Eizenstat, onetime legal colleague and former domestic policy adviser to Jimmy Carter...
Reichler points out that he has disagreed with several of Managua's policies. "A good lawyer," he argues, "represents clients, not causes." True, but Reichler now has a paternal interest as well in the Nicaraguans. In 1984 he and his wife adopted a Nicaraguan baby. Her name is Jessica Danielle, in honor of Reichler's good friend, President Daniel Ortega Saavedra...
Israel denied that any payments were offered to government officials or political parties. Peres, who is now Foreign Minister, called the proposed bribe "nothing but a fantasy. Meese's lawyer, perhaps, wanted to put the money in his own pocket and made up this story...
...taste for rich people's toys. Says he: "Yachts and fleets of limousines and private airplanes don't appeal to me at all. I want a comfortable life. What's the point of all that hassle?" The only son of a New York City schoolteacher and a lawyer, Icahn was the first student from Far Rockaway High School in Queens to be accepted by Princeton, where he studied philosophy. His mother worried about his future when he dropped out of medical school...