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Ambulance chasing, barratry, capping, running, soliciting - by whatever name it is known, the practice of stir ring up law business is condemned by lawyers and laymen alike. The American Bar Association's canons of ethics are so strict that even "lay intermediar ies" - nonlawyers who aid in the choice of a lawyer - are banned from the one-to-one relationship between lawyer and client. Canon 35 allows lawyers to represent an organization, but not its members "in respect to their individual affairs." Canon 47 expressly forbids "the unauthorized practice of law by any lay agency, personal or corporate...
...great warrior has no need for earthly titles or given names. His surname alone is enough to stir a thousand memories. It is part of his uniform, his face, the sound of his voice; it denotes the full measure of the man-his personality, his power, his exploits...
...leap up on a drum and stomp with both feet. His band is by far the least disciplined in jazz, and as a result his sidemen feel free to swing privately. Sometimes the players seem to be digging their own private scene, but on a good night they stir up a roomful of creative excitement. Hamp's arrangements are the raunchiest in the business, but when the band plays Flyin' Home, its audience seems content to forget all that jazz about jazz being...
...Wiener published his famous Cybernetics, which caused a still-continuing stir in scientific circles. The word cybernetics, which Wiener coined, is based on the Greek word for "steersman," and he made it stand for the science of control mechanisms that he showed to be part of neurology, psychology and many other disciplines. The human brain is a control mechanism; so are a computer, a missile's guidance system, even a simple household thermostat. All of them obey the rules that Wiener spelled...
...result if he were to get more votes for Vice President than Johnson for President, Bobby sought out White House Aide Kenny O'Donnell, asked if the President wanted him to make a statement denying vice-presidential ambitions. The answer came back: no, such a statement would only stir things up even more...