Word: regular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cannot pay. This is admirable, but not entirely altruistic; they are supposed to do so under the Code of Professional Responsibility. In the late 1960s, idealistic young lawyers persuaded blue chip firms to let them do pro bono publico work, representing indigents on the firms' time at their regular salaries. Moreover, small-town lawyers have long been known to dispense free legal advice or tear up the bill for a strapped client. And school and hospital boards are often populated with lawyers who in addition to getting known around town perform valuable public services...
There are exceptions. Political Writer Richard Reeves earns more than $100,000 a year, Diplomatic Expert Tad Szulc makes about $80,000, and Sportswriter Bil Gilbert grosses more than $40,000. But the big moneymakers almost always have some kind of cushion. Reeves has, among other odd jobs, a regular Esquire column that guarantees him $50,000 a year; Szulc does books (twelve to date) as well as magazine work; Gilbert has a contract with SPORTS ILLUSTRATED that places a solid floor under his yearly income. Such props are essential. Says Literary Agent Scott Meredith: "There are no writers left...
Although the anticipated increase in "regular on-going Law School expenses" for next year is approximately the same as this year's--about 8.5 per cent--the proposed increase is about 50 per cent greater than last year...
...gone, seat racing's over, and now it's time for the good stuff as the Radcliffe lightweights finally open their season this morning against their perennial nemesis and toughest regular-season opponent, Boston University...
Radcliffed nosed out B.U. in the regular season and in the Sprints last year by less than a second each time, but sickness and graduation fever caught up with the two evenly-matched crews at the Nationals in June when the Terriers came back to take second place to Radcliffe's fourth...