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...with an incomplete Cabinet, now risks a fresh round of bickering. Late last week White House officials were chastising Nussbaum for not pressing his would-be nominee hard enough for information. The two other top candidates for the Attorney General's post seemed to lose favor. Washington lawyer Charles Ruff was said to have illegal- alien problems of his own, while former Virginia Governor Gerald Baliles lacked enthusiastic support. If so, Clinton will have to send out his search party one more time...
Already a third potential attorney general nomination--that of Charles Ruff--has been derailed by revelations that the prospective nominee failed to pay Social Security taxes for his maid. And we have yet to see whether a "Maid-gate" scandal will end Brown's tenure prematurely after his corporate connections failed...
...witness table prove the maxim that there's nothing like a good scandal to bring lawyers out of the woodwork. Principal witness Edwin Gray was represented by Leonard Garment, who served as Richard Nixon's chief counsel throughout Watergate and advised Robert McFarlane during the Iran-contra fallout. Charles Ruff and Jim Hamilton, who are defending Senators John Glenn and Dennis DeConcini, respectively, served in the Watergate special prosecutor's office. Two lawyers besides Garment have hit the scandal triple crown. Senator Don Riegle is advised by Tom Green, who represented retired Major General Richard Secord after Iran-contra...
...alone. As usual, the market's jump caught most people by surprise. A May 7 Business Week story titled "How Low, Dow Jones?" had one pair of bears answering: 1000. That same day Howard Ruff's newsletter explained that "the momentum chart is very bearish. Every other major stock index has fallen below its longterm optimal moving average, making it nearly impossible for the Dow not to soon follow suit. Watch out below!" Mutual funds were sitting with record amounts of cash. Individuals had sold vast numbers of shares short, anticipating a decline...
Senior skipper Ted Kennan and freshman crew Andy Ruff paced the men with a third place finish in the B division. The women were led by senior skipper Jenkins and sophomore crew Beth Prvor, who finished third in the A division, as well skipper Rachel Givelber and Nan I conard, who claimed second in the B division...