Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...eagerly crashed the party, seeing the banana dispute as a chance to settle old scores. U.S. pork producers, suffering through a severe price slump, sought to block the import of Italian hams like prosciutto. "The E.U. has closed off much of its market to us," reasoned Nick Giordano, a lawyer at the National Pork Producers Council. "We're looking for reciprocity, and one way to get it is nicking them on bananas." The council got pork added to the hit list. The hog farmers pushed to nail Dutch and Danish ham producers. But because those two countries had opposed...
...Outside, the St. Louis suburb of University City is asleep. But on the Rataj month-at-a-glance calendar, a crisp notation--"B&E: Papal Mass"--dictates an early start. Betty, 50, comes back down the hall with a black suit on and a pin-striped, bleary-eyed corporate lawyer, her husband Ed, in tow. She glows. "I woke up smiling," says the mother of five. "I think this is the greatest thing that could happen to an adult Catholic." Even one who, like most American believers, is still sorting out her feelings about the head of her church...
...want to show everyone that I'm more than anathlete, an entertainer or a criminal. I will showthe world that I, a black man, too can be adoctor, a lawyer, own my own business," he said."I shall strive for greatness, self-pride andrighteousness," Lamour said...
...main attraction of the symposium--which attracted about 150 educators from around the country--was Schlichtmann, who was the focus of "A Civil Action." Schlichtmann--played by John Travolta in the film--spoke about how the case changed him from a hotshot, Porsche-driving lawyer to a proponent of compromise and mediation...
...lawyer's responsibility to represent whatever party comes to you. If everyone is fairly represented, then justice will be served," Cheeseman said. "The unpopularity of a client is not a factor...