Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...featured speaker was the editor of the National Enquirer, Steve Coz '79 (that's right, a Harvard alum). His compatriots were a celebrity lawyer, Marty Singer, who represents the likes of Demi and Arnold, and a paparazzo, Russell Turiak, who was there to plead innocent to the death of Diana. And their collective function was to argue about Russell's rights of access, Steve's salubriousness in print and Marty's malignancy in the courts--essentially, questioning the worthiness of celebrity journalism in America...
...last month. However, there were other voices at the trial, including that of Edna Ann Vitale, whom Scher was divorcing at the time of Dillon's death. She says Scher confessed his love for Patricia Dillon to her. He had also told her, falsely, that Dillon was his divorce lawyer, thus discouraging her from telling Dillon about the affair. Other prosecution witnesses said Scher had been trying to figure out a way for his lover--a devout Roman Catholic--to get an annulment so she could remarry within the church. Meanwhile, FBI lab analysis showed that the high-speed blood...
...Federal Communications Commission, he was a prime architect of deregulation, which was going to bring competition to the phone business the likes of which had never been seen. Trouble is, it hasn't been seen, leaving Hundt fuming about telephone-company attorneys. "Shakespeare had it right," says lawyer Hundt. "First thing, kill the lawyers...
...choose Taco Bell," Adam counters. "You hardly have to have an education, and you'd get free tacos." Across the classroom, Melissa tells Rory that a lawyer has more job security than a farmer; Rory, a farmer's son, points out that as a lawyer, "you'd be away from your kids a lot." Natalie speaks up for auto mechanics, because "you get to build your own car." Angela wonders, "Do you need to learn another language to be an architect...
...other victims, including Diana's, in becoming what's known as a "civil party" to the investigation. This means that if charges are filed and damages awarded, he will share them. He will also have access to all court papers and can't be interrogated by investigators without his lawyer. Prevailing medical opinion suggests he won't remember any more anyway...