Word: partner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...night to bring about this happy moment. Egyptians and Israelis alike pursued their sacred goal... But the man who performed the miracle was President Carter. Without any exaggeration, what he did constitutes one of the greatest achievements of our time ... To me, he has been the best companion and partner along the road to peace. With his deep sense of justice and genuine commitment to human rights, we were able to surmount the most difficult obstacles ... Before anything else, the signing of the peace treaty ... is a tribute to the spirit and ability of Jimmy Carter...
...happens, even before the latest defections, Bonn had launched a campaign to tighten its security system; it included a special warning for unmarried female employees. Posters in government buildings show a man nuzzling a woman. The caption: "There is a code word that opens safes: love." Beneath that: "Your partner has been married for a long time-to the East German state security service. Please think about...
Felix Rohatyn, 50, partner, Lazard Frères, New York City. He has made only one major investment in the past six months, a house on 2½ acres in Southampton, N.Y. "If worse comes to worse, I can always plant some lettuce and corn and live off the land," he says. Rohatyn is filling his house with antiques because "what I paid $1,000 for this year, I probably could have bought for $300 two years ago, and probably would have to spend $2,000 for a year and a half from now." He also cites as a "spectacularly...
...Associates, Osborn conveys a familiarity with soft-carpeted power and a fascination with contract law, the translation of human reliance into legal principles. But the officers of Bass and Marshall are little more than caricatures. Their eyeballs are forever bulging, and they communicate with associates chiefly by hissing. One partner fancies himself as a sea captain, and enters securities litigation with commands like "Blast them. Send them down in an instant with all hands on board." Cosmo Bass, the formidable autocrat who runs the firm, could have been another Kingsfield, the Paper Chase professor. Unfortunately, Weston never gets...
...real strength is not that of a novelist, but as an entertainer. In one very funny set piece. Littlefield, an associate fond of drugs and arcane legal philosophy, writes a brief for a crucial case that cites Cicero instead of legal precedents. He is fired by Lynch, a partner driven mad by the weight of his famous legal ancestors. The next morning, it is Lynch's turn to perform. In court to argue the case, he opens his mouth, but no words come out, leaving Weston to wonder if the poor wretch is going to make a silent oral...