Word: life
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...friends describe Esther, 26, as sophisticated, reasonably chic and tough-minded. "In contrast to some of the other girls in the office," recalls one of Robert Kennedy's former aides, "she gave the impression of having something else in her life besides working for Robert Kennedy. For some of the younger girls, that was all there was." Esther's mother is a former Democratic National Committeewoman from Connecticut. Esther worked for the Senate subcommittee on government reorganization before she joined R.F.K.'s staff in 1968. She now assists the vice president of the Urban Institute in Washington...
...that bit of treachery? "My grandfather," answered David. Then he hastened to explain that he really has not made up his mind; he is considering a career as a lawyer, and that was why Ike advised the Navy. An Army man, after all, ought to make the service his life...
...movie run too fast, with a lamp too dim and half the frames chopped out." According to Mosley, the case marked the first time in 20 years that Mafia defendants had been brought to trial for murder in New York City. The book, most of which first appeared in LIFE, shows just how difficult it is to obtain a conviction in such cases. It also reminds the reader, who is left sharing Mosley's indignation, of the high price that must sometimes be paid for a cherished body of trial rules that have been set to protect the innocent...
...whom Mills describes as having "a great, almost warlike hostility for criminals-a hatred that is an outgrowth of, and never overshadows, his love for the law." It is almost as if he knows, as the trial begins, that the process of law to which he has devoted his life will probably set the defendant free. First comes the jury selection. "I need twelve men who can agree unanimously that the defendants are guilty," says Mosley. But if the defense gets one man who refuses to cast a guilty vote, "it's a hung jury and they...
...their records? One is a Mafia gunman who testifies that, from a hidden place, he saw Franzese's pals stab The Hawk several times in a parking lot. Remarking on the witness's matter-of-fact account, the defense asks the jury: "Did you ever in your life see a more cold, calculated killer...