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Mention of Nkrumah's name brought a gasp in the sweaty courtroom. "Did you believe this?" asked the solicitor general. "Yes," said Braimah, and accused his chief of buying a Cadillac and building a fine home on the proceeds of graft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOLD COAST: The Man on Trial | 1/11/1954 | See Source »

...Trimmings. Once before, on another matter of principle, John W. Davis took another memorably unpopular position. In 1924, after a steppingstone career as a law professor at Virginia's Washington & Lee, West Virginia state legislator, member of Congress, Solicitor General of the U.S. and Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, Davis was being talked about as presidential material. A supporter urged him to drop J. P. Morgan as a client so that he would be more palatable to the Bryan Democrats, to whom Wall Street was a dirty word. Davis refused: "Any lawyer who [trims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT. . . | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

Under the new pledge system, reminder letter will be sent out two weeks after the drive and three days later the House solicitor will come to make good on the pledge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Charity, Blood Drives Begin Fall Soliciting | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

...with it. Furthermore, he fears that the foreign secretaryship might go to his chief rival in foreign affairs in the party: Harold Macmillan, 59, of the book-publishing Macmillans, and personal friend of Churchill and Eisenhower. Another possibility for Foreign Secretary: Sir Walter Monckton, 62, the sturdy former Solicitor-General who has done an outstanding job as Minister of Labor. The difficulty is that he would be hard to replace, for one of the key requirements for Tory success is that the powerful trade-union movement cooperate loyally with the government, and Sir Walter has seen to that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Two Sick Men | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

...Solicitor: Stuart Rothman, 39. St. Paul lawyer, specialist in public housing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: C.I.O. Out | 7/20/1953 | See Source »

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