Word: professionalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Why has this slackening occurred? For several reasons, all of which pertain to the general corruption of life as well as to that of the insult. There is psychiatry, for one thing. Mothers can no longer be joked about; victims agree with the worst that is said about them. There...
One reason why oathing gets overdone is that it is so inherently dramatic, even a form of fanaticism, a way of connecting (spuriously sometimes) to the Absolute. Knights, crusaders, saints and opera singers are forever swearing: it is a lovely plot device. Ahab swears his vengeance on the whale. In...
Bob's Famous, a twelve-seat ice-cream parlor in the Glover Park section of Washington, D.C., has, in the words of one fascinated observer, "intentionally or unintentionally created a kind of hole-in-the-wall chic." It sure has; suburbanites frequently drive an hour each way to stand...
The main difficulty, most female attorneys agree, is that the boom in women law graduates has essentially come about since 1970, when women accounted for only 2.8% of the profession. Thus there has not been enough time to yield a sufficient pool of experienced practitioners. "You can't appoint...
A key step in women's progress toward top legal posts is attaining partnership in the large, traditional law firms that dominate lucrative corporate practice and carry considerable prestige within the profession. Susan Getzendanner, 42, a former partner in the Chicago firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt, who last December...