Word: trios
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Arrayed alongside this unusual trio -and occasionally against it-was Paul Fitzgerald, 33, assigned by the public defender's office and one of its best men. Although he was the unofficial leader of the umbrella defense, Fitzgerald was often undercut by his colleagues as well as the defendants. He usually cross-examined prosecution witnesses first, then had to watch in agony while Hughes and Kanarek clumsily plowed his points under. Kanarek in particular sometimes left a prosecution witness sounding more impressive than when he started. With bitter frustration, Fitzgerald said, "It's like living in a concentration camp...
...hard to believe that Northeastern didn't do at least a little better than that. While Frontierro, the winner of the freshman race a year ago, was finishing third, a trio of good Huskies-Larry Joseph and freshmen Bruce Butterworth and Bill Rowe-were languishing back in the pack...
...California authorities for allegedly supplying the guns used by the kidnapers in last summer's bloody Marin County courthouse shootout (TIME, Aug. 24). A onetime member of the Black Panther Party, she often traveled the state raising money and organizing the defense of the Soledad Three, a trio of blacks accused of killing a California prison guard. A frequent companion, Jonathan Jackson, was a leader in the courthouse kidnap attempt...
...only jobs they can pick up are loading crates for $80 a week. The only girls they can pick up are either imbecilic or overeager-so much so that Joey gets one pregnant and marries her in a seizure of romantic guilt. The jobs evaporate; to survive, the trio becomes a menage a trois. The bad luck persists with the tenacity of winter. Tn lunatic desperation, the men commit a petty crime that escalates into violence. The only way out is the way west, and once again the Nova Scotia Home consumes the miles...
...farce gimcracks where fundamental relationships are concerned. Jay does not run off with Tish, nor is Tish transformed into a Supermother who demands the baby at birth. However outlandish the situation's premise, it proceeds and climaxes with such natural logic that the film becomes unconventional Hollywood. The trio's art oddly imitates life and elevates The Baby Maker from garish absurdity to touching humanity...