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That attitude is pure, unblinking realism. Higgins' exposure to justice began with a stint as a court reporter for the Associated Press, developed through law school and appointments as a Massachusetts assistant attorney general and an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and continues in the criminal-law practice he has maintained in Boston since 1973. "The hardest thing in this business is to explain just what you can and can't do for a client," he says. "There is a good reason why 85% to 90% of all criminal cases brought by a competent prosecutor end up in defense pleas...
...Cathy Jones, 25, have still another distinction: they are stepmother and daughter. Florida-raised Claudia began as an entertainer (she plays 19 instruments and sings), then learned to fly so she could barnstorm with her Vegas act. Claudia started putting in time as a flight instructor, and during one stint Cathy turned up as a student. That led to Claudia's marrying Cathy's father, Hal Jones. Now Claudia co-pilots Boeing 727s for Continental Airlines, while Cathy, though a licensed pilot, works as a flight engineer with Western Airlines. Last year's proposed merger between...
Born and raised in Montreal (he became a U.S. citizen in 1977), Zuckerman earned degrees at McGill University, Harvard Law School and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. After a stint with Cabot, Cabot and Forbes, the large Boston real estate development firm, Zuckerman formed his own company, Boston Properties, whose holdings around the U.S. are now worth some $200 million. He also became an associate professor of city and regional planning at Harvard. A friend of four-term Boston Mayor Kevin White, Zuckerman was White's choice to build two large-scale renewal projects that were...
...stint as a copyboy at the Times lasted 12 weeks. A budding journalist's dream, you say? Heaven for the collegiate reporter? Let me take you into the newsroom on the third floor, show you my stomping grounds and the various roles I played there...
...Rather that was Houston, at least for a while. A part-time stint at the Houston Chronicle reminded him that he was a poor speller; when a better paying broadcasting job beckoned, he jumped. Once on the air, he managed to mispronounce words like heroin (her-oyne), variable (var'ble) and miniature (minichoor). Radio station KTRH gave him time to improve, and while there, he met his future wife, Jean Goebel, who also worked for the station, as a secretary. In 1960 Rather joined KHOU-TV, the CBS affiliate in Houston, and a short time later literally reaped...