Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...latest exercise promises to distill the crisis of the American South, of America, of the Christian faith and of modern man in the story of a Wall Street lawyer turned retired golfer. But by the time the novel reaches its own crisis Percy has launched so many conflicting ideas into the narrative--like a crazed club pro madly driving his golf balls into the fairway--that the reader has no idea which to follow, which to ignore. Will Barrett, Percy's protagonist, leads a remarkably untroubled life, driving his Mercedes 450 SEL to the golf course and then back home...
That federal suit is still pending, although American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Jeanne Baker, who is handling the case, concedes that it will be next to impossible to recover damages from the district attorney's office for wrongful prosecution...
...initially that he had "never talked about Billy's Libyan connection with the President." He said that he had thought the question referred to a "substantive discussion," not a "brief conversation." Said Civiletti: "I replied, 'No.' I was wrong in attempting to draw such a close, lawyer-like distinction...
...enduring strain of ineptitude runs through Italy's terrorism-on-the-right. Last December four NAR hit men were arrested after shooting down a young university student they mistakenly took to be Giorgio Arcangeli, an anti-Fascist lawyer. Thus the Di Leo blunder did not really surprise anyone. A "tactical error," the NAR called it in a rambling note late last week that said it would still go after Reporter Concina for "contributing to the falsehoods about the revolutionary vanguard." Warned the terrorists: "We will return. This time there will be no mistake...
...latest exercise promises to distill the crisis of the American South, of America, of the Christian faith and of modern man in the story of a Wall Street lawyer turned retired golfer. But by the time the novel reaches its own crisis Percy has launched so many conflicting ideas into the narrative--like a crazed club pro madly driving his golf balls into the fairway--that the reader has no idea which to follow, which to ignore. Will Barrett, Percy's protagonist, leads a remarkably untroubled life, driving his Mercedes 450 SEL to the golf course and then back home...