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Florida Gov. Reuben Askew selected Janet Reno, Harvard Law School '63, to head the Dade County Attorney's Office in Miami, Fla. yesterday, making her the first woman to head the jurisdiction with the largest office staff in the South...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Harvard Law School Alumna Gets Influential Florida Post | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

...administrative assistant to Gerstein, Reno has had only limited criminal trial experience but she does not feel it will affect her job performance...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Harvard Law School Alumna Gets Influential Florida Post | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

...next election for the Miami office position will be held in the fall. Barry Kuten, a member of the Florida state legislature and a personal friend of Reno, is considering challenging...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Harvard Law School Alumna Gets Influential Florida Post | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

...Reno will run to maintain her position, but she also has other objectives. "I would like to develop a highly professional staff and close relationships with the local law enforcement agencies in Dade County...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Harvard Law School Alumna Gets Influential Florida Post | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

...late humorist Robert Benchley hated pigeons and once declared war on them. But he warned darkly: "I have a horrible feeling that the pigeons are going to win." Now the fight has been taken up by the city fathers of Reno, who discovered a problem with pigeons-the flying variety, not the birds at the gambling tables. Across the main street arches a neon sign that proclaims Reno to be THE BIGGEST LITTLE CITY IN THE WORLD. Trouble is, pigeons love the sign, and after they had deposited close to a ton of droppings on it, the methane gas created...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Reno Gets the Bird | 11/28/1977 | See Source »

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