Word: sam
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Viet Nam after the coup. At first, Mme. Nhu planned to meet them in Rome, but then she decided to have the children join her in California. Sympathetic messages poured in all week-telegrams from such people as Democratic Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, Los Angeles' Mayor Sam Yorty, Publisher William Buckley; a six-minute phone call of condolence from former Vice President and Mrs. Richard Nixon. Paris Match magazine offered her $100,000 for her life story...
...went with Sam, who was re-elected to the bench in 1954 after a brief fling as a splinter party mayoralty candidate. And so it might have gone with his request to stay on; over the years the Administrative Board of the Judicial Conference has demonstrated a remarkable reluctance to say no. But then, in a strongly worded letter to the conference, the judiciary committee of the New York City Bar Association recalled Sam's "demonstrated lack of judicial temperament, his habitual arrogance and discourtesy to lawyers and litigants, and his frequent embroilment in distasteful and grossly unjudicial incidents...
Unforgivable Error. The harsh charge called up memories of a life of outspoken advocacy and fierce controversy. A Brooklynite, whose parents brought him to the U.S. from Rumania in 1897, Sam Leibowitz went to Cornell Law School and became a dramatically successful criminal lawyer. In the 1920s and '30s, his roster of clients included some of the country's most notorious hoods-Al Capone, Kid Twist Reles, Pittsburgh Phil Strauss. He fought for the Mad Dog Killer and the Bread Knife Murderess, and of more than 100 defendants charged with first-degree murder, Sam saved...
...overtimes the Crimson returned the rugged play of its opponents. Right inside John Thorndike refused to give up, Sam Thompson was trickier than ever on the wing. And sophomore Hudson, who had replaced Ohiri on the right wing, had his big moment of glory with a booming game-winning shot that gave the Crimson its fourth victory of the season, and a strong second place behind Penn...
...eagle. But after three days, the best that Jack and Arnie could manage was a first-place tie with Spain's Sebastian Miguel and Ramon Sota. Nicklaus was spraying his approaches, and Palmer's putting was, in his own word, "terrible." Grunted Nicklaus: "The prestige of Uncle Sam is at stake...