Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Joseph O'Grady, a member of the Transit Authority, said, "I haven't given a thought to whether it is immoral or not." Mr. O'Grady made the statement after Assemblyman Monteleone called "bugging" legal but immoral. Mayor Wagner said that he was none too pleased, either...
...slum-clearance projects, rewritemen carefully restored the Jr. to Jim Murray's name, while Editor Farrell ran the politician's picture on Page One for the first time in months. City Hall, in turn, promised to restore the Journal's traditional half-share of legal ads. Lucky Farrell promptly forged ahead with plans for a morning edition to compete with the Dispatch, started interviewing staffers from the opposition paper. Making its victory doubly sweet, the Dispatch's able City Hall reporter, Robert W. Waldron, started work last week (with a $40 raise) for the Journal...
...vistas are always "sylvan." time "slips by on leaden wings." Yet, despite the leaden feet of the cliches, the book does move. Author Voelker's characters come most alive in the courtroom, in the thrust and parry of cross-examination and in the springing of tactical ambushes and legal traps by opposing counsel. It is quite ordinary writing but good entertainment, and few readers will turn aside until the fate of Lieut. Frederic Manion is finally decided...
When asked what the exact libel charge against Schlesinger was, Insull said that he could not quote it directly but would have to consult his legal complaint...
...deny reports that he is organizing a gold-finding expedition to South America in an attempt to bolster the Program for Harvard College. Professor Arthur Schlesinger Jr. will deny reports that he is going to the North Pole on a gold-finding expedition in an attempt to cover certain legal expenses. Mr. Schlesinger will say to reporters, "Go away. Please go away. I'm hiding...