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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kind of like a marriage. The longer BRUCE CUTLER represents JOHN GOTTI, the more the lawyer begins to look and act like the Godfather. Soon they may have even more in common. Government investigators say that with the help of information from Salvatore (Sammy the Bull) Gravano, the Gotti sidekick who turned state's evidence, Cutler may soon be indicted on criminal charges. A grand jury has been probing Cutler and GERALD SHARGEL, another Gotti attorney, on charges including jury tampering and tax evasion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When You Lie Down with Dons . . . | 12/2/1991 | See Source »

...Although Abigail Kolodny, as Liza, offers the audience some priceless facial expressions, it soon becomes apparent that these are a dime-a-dozen, and she quickly uses up the few she has. One of the most comical aspects of the play is the presence of Okonkwo, Lejoka-Brown's sidekick, played by Eliott Fan. His acting is competent but his character seems out of place...

Author: By Sarah E. Funke, | Title: A Comedy With No Direction | 11/15/1991 | See Source »

...Joey, Murph's sidekick, Fish shows how easily a good-natured underdog can lose control and become a vicious aggressor. After terrorizing Gupta, Joey screams, "It's only a game," hoping that saying the statement loud enough will make it true. We see his frustration and passivity as he yells, "Murph, come and get us!" Rather than taking responsibility for his own actions, Joey wants to be rescued from himself...

Author: By Deborah Wexler, | Title: Much More Than a Western Flick | 11/8/1991 | See Source »

...handful of issues. He has become a vigorous White House envoy to constituencies the President ignores. He has shrewdly begun to lay the groundwork for his own 1996 run for the White House. Quayle has become a Vice President in the Bush mold: a self-effacing, dutiful sidekick who will stand where the President points, as Bush sometimes does to Quayle in Rose Garden ceremonies, and will perform secret missions as needed. In other words, he has become the kind of Vice President Bush himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is He Really That Bad? | 5/20/1991 | See Source »

...scraped off the Fitton Field turf and is ready to lead the Multiflex, but a host of injuries in the trenches have left Restic concerned about the history that will be made today. Right guard Mike Zweber should return to the lineup despite a pulled Achilles tendon, but his sidekick at right tackle, Captain Tom Callahan, is not expected to play...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: EYES ON THE PRIZE | 10/6/1990 | See Source »

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