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James Neal is "the most vicious prosecutor who ever lived." Neal earned that vitriolic encomium from Teamster Boss Jimmy Hoffa when he led the Justice Department's effort to convict Hoffa. Now, ten years after Hoffa was found guilty of jury tampering, Neal is the chief trial prosecutor in the Watergate cover-up case. He still treasures the Hoffa remark, but as he prepared to open the Government's case this week, he observed: "I've mellowed a lot since then." A colleague of Neal's agrees -sort of: "He has mellowed a lot. But even...
...remarkable stability and success of Brazil's decade-old right-wing dictatorship. Its achievement has far-reaching implications, a fact that President Nixon accurately noted in an ebullient 1971 salute to the visiting Medici: "As Brazil goes, so will the rest of the Latin American continent." That encomium caused brass buttons to pop on Brazilian uniforms. It also chilled the political leaders of Brazil's neighbors-notably Argentina-who fear the imperial ambitions of a new "colossus on the make...
...response was so enthusiastic from U.S. listeners who were tuned in that Sinclair made a record of the editorial, with the strains of the Battle Hymn of the Republic in the background. Another Canadian, a news director named Byron MacGregor, 25, was so stirred by Sinclair's encomium that he too made a recording of it, with America, the Beautiful as background music. Sales of the records zoomed in five weeks to a total of 2.9 million copies, placing "Americans" in a class with the fastest-selling hits of Elvis Presley and the Beatles. In addition, just before...
...recent ad in a New York City newspaper contained the following encomium to an R-rated ("Under 17 re quires accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian") film: "Loud/ brassy/ biting/ clever/ fresh/ bold/ glittering/ offbeat/ compelling/ truth/ humor/ devastating/ fun/ hilarious/ murder/ rape/ comedy/ inventive/ caustic/ kinky/ droll/ raw/ jagged/ power/ demolishes...
Wilson has in the past criticized the low-tuition policies of the extensive state university system, which was built up by Rocky and stands as one of his proudest achievements. "I believe," said Wilson in an inauguration encomium to old-fashioned values, "that there is as much dignity in the labor of skilled hands as in the work of highly educated minds...