Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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More worrisome still for Carter is the Jewish vote, concentrated in the Miami area, where the President must win by a wide margin. Last week the Carter campaign was jolted when Dade County Commissioner Barry Schreiber, a Miami lawyer who supported Kennedy in the primary, joined the Reagan camp as an "unofficial liaison with the Jewish community." Explained Schreiber: "As an American, I am deeply convinced that Mr. Carter cannot be trusted to keep his pledges concerning the security of Israel." On Sunday the President got some welcome news. Although a poll by the Florida newspapers showed Reagan leading...
Edward Cunningham, a lawyer for the city who helped prosecute the case, said Busny "performed substantial rehabilitation without a building permit...
...have to wait until next year?" Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci countered. "If people don't know how to fill out the papers, there should be someone to help. People shouldn't have to hire a lawyer," he said...
...impressive parts of his record, at least among liberals and moderates. He has appointed more minorities and women to federal benches than all previous Presidents combined. Some observers have consequently questioned whether he is more concerned with diversity than merit, but C.I.J. Organizer Floyd Abrams, a leading First Amendment lawyer, maintains that most of his appointees are "extraordinarily highly qualified." During his Administration, Congress has created 152 additional lower-court judgeships. "With that many new judges the tendency should have been for lower quality: a few bright lights, then politics as usual," says Thomas Susman of the Senate Judiciary Committee...
...million. The main reason for the lower 1979 profits: a strike-induced loss of $26.2 million by Hughes Airwest. Last year the hotel-casino group was the largest moneymaker, earning $38.7 million. The aviation group, on the other hand, made only $5.9 million. Says Rick Harrison, a Texas lawyer close to the protracted Hughes estate-tax fight: "Lummis has done a very good job. He's flat turned the company around...