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...Here's Johnny" [April 28], you quote me as referring on the air half-facetiously to my attorney, Arnold Grant, as "Louie the Shyster. He used to be prosecuting attorney in the Mafia's kangaroo court." You are wrong, and you owe an apology to one of the most respected attorneys in the profession. I have never mentioned Arnold Grant by name, or referred to him indirectly, on my program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 5, 1967 | 5/5/1967 | See Source »

...While it was true that he objected to NBC's rerunning of his old tapes during the strike, Carson's chief concern was his own future. Some time earlier, he had hired Show Biz Attorney Arnold Grant, to whom he referred on the air half-facetiously as "Louie the Shyster. He used to be prosecuting attorney in the Mafia's kangaroo court." In the demand for a new contract, Grant and Lawyer Louis Nizer reportedly asked for a base salary jump from $15,000 to $30,000 a week, plus a hefty cut of the Tonight earnings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Here's Johnny | 4/28/1967 | See Source »

...Wiplash Willy, the shyster lawyer specializing in negligence cases, Matthau outdoes himself--and everyone else in the movie. Midway between Mosca and Louie Nizer, Wiplash Willy is a wonderful offense to the American legal process...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: The Fortune Cookie | 12/12/1966 | See Source »

...travertine-faced structure that is the centerpiece for Houston's new cultural complex. No expense was spared. When a fireplug by the entrance created a jarring esthetic note, it was chrome-plated. And when Jesse T. Jones Jr., nephew of the publisher, handed Mayor Louie Welch a gold key to the hall, he said pointedly: "That key really works. Uncle Jesse liked things to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Architecture: Challenge to Apollo | 10/14/1966 | See Source »

...within the next week or so. That may sound pretty presumptuous, considering that four of his five starters are holdovers from a 1964-65 squad that won only 15 out of 25 games. But then they have all had another year of Rupp. Guard Louie Dampier has developed into a deadly outside shooter (21.5 points per game). Forward Larry Conley has found his calling as the team's playmaker, has 48 assists this season. Forward Pat Riley has boosted his scoring average 5.6 points to 20.8. And Guard Tommy Kron has turned into a tiger on the backboards-thanks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Basketball: The Baron's Runts | 2/4/1966 | See Source »

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