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...form of a letter concerning a fired employee's suit against the Department of Revenue. The memo, which Hampers sent to the attorney general's office while she was revenue commissioner, referred to Benjamen Rosales, who contested his firing as the department's legal counsel by Hampers' predecessor. The letter implies that Hampers was willing to settle out of court although the department had a good chance of defeating the suit. She denied signing it until three independent handwriting experts determined that the signature was genuine...
...billion) had already picked up quite a bit. The 15-member BankAmerica board had met over the previous weekend to recall Clausen hastily from his retirement in Washington. His task: to take over as chief executive officer from the man who was both his successor and now his predecessor, President Samuel Armacost, 47, who resigned on Oct. 10. Directors also bade farewell to BankAmerica Chairman Leland Prussia, 57, who took early retirement. Now Clausen must deal quickly with a flood of red ink amounting to almost $1 billion in losses in the past five quarters at BankAmerica. He also faces...
...Barracks Thief," writes accurately about the myriad isolations of military life. "The Barracks Thief" is about a boy so angry he has no space for other emotions; he falls naturally into soldiering. "Soldier's Joy" hearkens back to the emotional territory of "The Barracks Thief." The story, like its predecessor, is about how soldiers socialize, or fail to socialize with one another...
Under Rehnquist, the court already seems friendlier and more collegial in tone. Many at the court considered the former Chief manipulative, believing, for example, that he assigned opinions in dreary cases to Justices as punishment. Rehnquist is less formal and bureaucratic than his predecessor, and "doesn't take himself that seriously," says a former clerk. In the conferences, where Justices announce their intended votes and reasons, the Chief describes each case briefly and gives his views first. Burger sometimes rambled on and lost his place. Rehnquist is expected to state the issues more sharply and succinctly. The discussion will...
...able to provide clearer guidance than the Burger Court or reduce the flood of contending opinions, concurrences and dissents that poured out under the former Chief. For the general public, however, a valuable opportunity to look more closely at the Justices in action may be near. Unlike his predecessor, Rehnquist has agreed to study the possibility of letting TV cameras into the Marble Palace's courtroom...