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Dean Erwin N. Griswold of the Law School recently declined the post of Solicitor-General of the United States offered him by President Eisenhower, reliable sources revealed yesterday...
...investigation by the City Solicitor's Office disclosed yesterday that there are no criminals in the Outing Club...
Lynch's attempts were quashed, however, when the City Solicitor termed the list "libellous." This development immediately killed all further Council action on the "Reducator list...
...have been destroying some of them on the spot. Some of those passed by customs have been held up, or destroyed, by the Post Office under the law that bans mailing of publications that advocate "treason, insurrection, or forcible resistance to the laws of the U.S." Acting Postal Solicitor Louis Doyle said that by law his department is responsible for deciding what to ban. Customs officials reported 2% or 3% of the 10,000 to 15,000 shipped to the Port of New York from the Soviet bloc every month are seized...
...achieves success not through industry or intelligence but through sheer brass. As Edward Henry ("Denry") Machin, Guinness is a washerwoman's son who gets ahead in the grimy town of Bursley. In grade school, he casually doctors his examination grades to pass with flying colors. Later, as a solicitor's clerk, he blithely adds his name to an invitation list to the fanciest ball of the year, where he boldly dances with the hostess, the Countess of Chell (Valerie Hobson). In time, he inveigles the countess into becoming patroness of a highly profitable thrift club...