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The California Supreme Court has just disagreed. In upholding Terence, the court reminded the committee that bar admission usually turns on whether an applicant has committed or is likely to commit "acts of moral turpitude." Even a criminal conviction is insufficient; examiners must weigh "the nature of the offense." The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Petitions: A Lawyer Despite Himself | 1/13/1967 | See Source »

The coach of the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers does not sound like he really belongs in the pros. For one thing, Alex Hannum is so unimpressed with his own basketball knowledge that he solicits suggestions from his players during time-outs. Worse yet, in a profession never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pro Basketball: Nose to Chin Whiskers | 1/13/1967 | See Source »

What finally cripples Grand Prix, really pushing it over the edge, is that it views the world of racing so much from the outside, it fails to present any realistic or interesting detail about the profession. In a three-hour film about racing, the name Ferrari is the only noun...

Author: By Sam Ecureil, | Title: Grand Prix | 1/6/1967 | See Source »

Under those grim stone turrets at West Point, buttoned-up, close-cropped cadets still "hup, two, three, four" in precision parades. Unchanged in 30 years are the slate-grey cadet uniforms, and it is still forbidden for a cadet to hold a girl's hand when he walks her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Service Academies: Hilton on the Hudson | 12/23/1966 | See Source »

George C. Marshall, a five-star general, rates a four-volume biography, and this second volume does much to make clear why the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army during its worst military situation since 1812 deserved the high esteem in which he was held by official Washington, by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Supreme Professional | 12/23/1966 | See Source »

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