Word: lessers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ball at the palace, which has a guest list of 5,000. On the wedding evening, with the bride and groom safely off, the Queen just might drop in on Lady Elizabeth Shakerly's rout. Lady Elizabeth discovered that rout is an 18th century term for what lesser mortals might call a blast. "I don't dare do something with caviar and lobster because I can't afford it," the Lady explains. "I am having scrambled eggs and bacon from 7:30 on." She is dishing it up at the ballroom of Claridge's, a location...
Lobbying by MADD and similar organizations has already led several states to enact tougher laws, most of them dealing with sentencing. New York's legislature passed a bill providing a minimum $350 fine for a first drunk-driving offense ($250 even for those who bargain down to the lesser charge of "driving while ability is Impaired"). A major force behind the measure was Remove Intoxicated Drivers (RID), a group formed in 1978 by Doris Aiken, 52, with a $50 contribution from her church. Says she: "Last year each drunk driver in New York paid, on the average...
Says Chris Leinberger, executive vice president of Robert Charles Lesser and Co., a marketing consulting firm involved in eight of the Los Angeles ventures: "This strip is the state of the art in condo design." A well-heeled public seems to agree. L'Elysee's recent open house drew 2,000 enthusiastic prospects...
...Johnson "treatment." Deciding that he wanted Justice Arthur J. Goldberg to be his U.N. Ambassador, Johnson reckoned that since he had pushed Goldberg's appointment (by Kennedy) to the court, he had a right to take him off. Using his powerful personality, L.B.J. persuaded Goldberg to take the lesser job. Johnson was still working the old game when he named his long-time crony and lawyer, Abe Fortas, to succeed Warren as Chief Justice. That one fell through because of Fortas' conflict-of-interest problems and Johnson's unhappy departure from the White House...
...defendants who went on trial in 1975, one died, one was declared medically unfit and four were acquitted for lack of evidence; one was tried separately for lesser crimes and got two years. Among the surviving defendants, nearly all admitted sharing the responsibility for the brutality of the camp but stopped short of admitting to any murders. Hermine Ryan told the court she now had "deep understanding and regret" for the sufferings of the prisoners. "I only reject the charge of murder," she added. In the end, the testimony was strong enough to exact the maximum penalty only for Ryan...