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Justices Hugo Black and Abe Fortas, who are both regarded as among the court's libertarians, strongly opposed the decision. Fortas argued that the FBI agent's affidavit and the informant's word together were sufficient to establish "probable cause." From the bench, Black angrily attacked his colleagues for trying to supervise local magistrates "from a thousand miles away." Justice Byron White said that he was voting with the majority to avoid a deadlocked court (Justice Thurgood Marshall had abstained). Declaring himself confused by the majority opinion, White called for "fullscale reconsideration" of the precedents...
...close it before its official opening. One of the most legendary examples is David Merrick's musical Breakfast at Tiffany's. That one changed its title as well as directors and writers on the road. Originally written by screenwriter Nunnally Johnson, the musical's book was turned over to Abe Burrows and, eventually, Edward Albee. After six hellish weeks in Boston and Philadelphia Tiffany's played four previews in New York before Merrick closed it at a personal loss...
FORTY CARATS is a comedy with Julie Harris as a middle-aged divorcee and Marco St. John as the young man who successfully woos her with ouzo. Directed with crisp agility by Abe Burrows, the play is never less than civilized...
...adaptation from the French script by Jay Allen might have been wittier, but it is never less than civilized fun, and Abe Burrows has directed the show with crisp agility. As a tonic for middle-aged matrons, Forty Carats is so potent that canny David Merrick may have to institute extra matinees to handle the crush...
Democratic officials claimed that Lyndon Johnson had intended to nominate Arthur J. Goldberg to replace Warren but that Richard Nixon deliberately subverted the President's plan. According to the scenario circulating in Washington, Johnson had been considering naming Goldberg since Oct. 2, after his original choice, Abe Fortas, was denied