Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WITHIN a month, the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party will begin. The Rev. Jesse Jackson will try to get his point man, Washington, D.C. lawyer Ron Brown elected to the chair of the the Democratic National Committee. Conservative Democrats, lamenting the Republican electoral lock on the South, will fight for a more moderate alternative. The result of this election will be a key indication of how the Democratic Party's future will be charted over the next four years...
Since Graham lost the Democratic primary, she has been running a sticker campaign against Thompson because her name no longer appears on the ballot. The nominee says he has hired a lawyer "because we think there will be some legal problems...
...lawyer, Thompson says, told his campaign staff how to deal with a possible "challenge on ballots." His main concerns are the incorrect use of stickers and "violence at the polls," he says. Thompson says he wants to know whether a vote will count if the Graham sticker is on, but the ballot is also punched next to his name, or if the sticker is falling off. Thompson asks, "is that a good ballot...
...delivered his questions with a slight preadolescent lisp. Zachary is one of 16 youngsters featured in a new TV show called Children's Express News Magazine, an offshoot of Children's Express news service, which has been disarming public figures since it was founded for kids by New York lawyer Robert Clampitt...
Buckley, 52, is a soft-spoken lawyer of philosophic bent who likes to walk the woods of Vermont hunting for chanterelles. He started the hydro project because of a boyhood fascination with moving water and dams, which abound where he grew up (and lives), the riverside village of Bellows Falls, and out of a growing concern in the 1970s over energy sources. "I saw those gas lines, and it seemed the Ayatullah could make it much worse on us if he wanted to," he says...