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While the Americans learn, well-trained lawyers in secure offices in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Bangalore and Gurgaon (outside Delhi), who typically earn $6,000 to $30,000 annually, do legal grunt work. Alexander's sentiments may explain why outsourcing is blossoming in the legal profession, which is known--and often despised--for its high prices. Law-firm partners bill at a national average of $318 per hr. and at $550 per hr. at large New York City firms, according to a 2007 survey by Altman Weil, a legal-consulting company. Starting salaries for attorneys at some large firms now stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Call My Lawyer ... in India | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

Whom do you consider the most influential musician from the pre-hip-hop era? -Harold Grant, San AntonioJames Brown. He opened it up and let you know there weren't any boundaries in music. You could chant, scream or grunt. You could say things people don't understand. He used to say he was my godfather. He would say, "Son, listen. I have to tell you something important: olive oil. Every day I want you to put it in your hair. It's gonna make your hair strong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Sean Combs | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...junta would have to spend vastly more of its own money equipping the second largest army in Southeast Asia. This would leave far less to support the military's vast parallel social-welfare system, including separate health care and schools for soldiers, which is vital to ensuring the average grunt's loyalty to the generals rather than to the Burmese people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pre-Emptive Strike | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

...taking too much Prozac, or the word, “ratatouille,” is just that much fun to say. I’m banking on the latter! 5. “Blurg” (“30 Rock”)—A versatile grunt, “blurg” adds dramatic tension to any unfortunate situation. Liz Lemon, you’re an inspiration to us all. —Lindsay A. Maizel ’09 is the outgoing Film Editor. Um...w00t w00t...

Author: By Lindsay A. Maizel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lindsay A. Maizel | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

...lawyer on one of those long-running series whose residuals have provided silk cushions for hundreds of lesser actors. Few actors can accept only the roles they love in guaranteed masterpieces. George was a working actor, who took projects as they came his way. He once observed with a grunt and a smile that of all his work in the '80s he was probably best known as Tom Hanks' scowling, finally humiliated future father-in-law in the rowdy film Bachelor Party. Even the best actors learn that, in considering the importance of good or bad luck in their careers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's a Friend of George Grizzard? | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

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