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...Washington's real interest, he asserted, was in "millions of dollars riding on whether Mike Tyson was convicted or acquitted, since without a conviction, it would have been difficult for her to collect monetary damages or sell her story to the media...
...into his airy office executives of seven major oil companies: Amoco, Ashland, Chevron, Conoco, Phillips, Shell and Unocal. "We're willing to adjust our fuel tax in ways that will help you," said Bentsen. He noted that his department had already promised to revise the way it proposed to collect a new energy tax to favor U.S. oil refiners over foreign competitors. He vowed to consider half a dozen other changes urged by oil and gas interests and encouraged his guests to fax him any further ideas that occurred to them. The quid pro quo: "We want your support...
...photographs produced by the type of camera I use," Nelson O'Brien tells his son Emilio in the quote that opens the book. "But this apparatus, in my opinion, captures not only the superficial qualities of its subjects but also, because of the time it takes to properly collect light, their feelings, as they settle on the subjects' expressions; sadness and joy and worry, with variations therein, are collected on the plate...
...maintain a private practice on the side. Such a system, says Bright, results in "lawyers who view their responsibilities as unwanted burdens, have no inclination to help the client and have no incentive to learn or to develop criminal trial skills." When expenses mount, they economize by refusing the collect calls of their jailed clients. Under a contract system, says L.A.'s Tennenbaum, "you don't investigate, you don't ask for continuances, you plead at the earliest possible moment...
...recommended hysterectomy cases at Massachusetts General Hospital are now reviewed to collect necessary data for future studies, said Dr. Isaac Schiff, the paper's senior author...