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William Willard Wirtz
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Bangorian Controversy
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Gregory IX
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Park Chung Hee
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Richard Burton
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Frears, Stephen Arthur
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Iyengar, B. K. S.
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...s brother-in-law, Shriman Tirumalai...away conducting yoga classes in other parts of...sneaked away from their classes, and Iyengar at...Krishnamacharya's top students disappeared...the road for other classes and demonstrations...Teaching All-Female Class On one of these ...
O'Connor, Sandra Day
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...s highest court of law. Life on the Lazy...editors of the Stanford Law Review, a very high honor for a law student. Upon graduation she was at the top of her class, graduating third...was easily reelected again in 1972. She was chosen...
Wald, Patricia Mcgowan
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...protection of working class people. Later, after...a time when female law students were rare...to the practice of law. She quickly became...the Mental Health Law Project where, between...Wald made it to the top of President Carter's list again and was appointed...violate the ...
Sumner Murray Redstone
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...graduated at the top of his class. Redstone pursued...World War II, with classes interrupted, he...attended Harvard Law School. In 1951...Washington, D.C. law firm of Ford, Bergson...1954 he abandoned law and returned to Boston...he'd never walk again, and later expressed...
Bush, George W.
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...marking a rise to the top American political...face during music class. In seventh grade, he ran for class president and won...run-ins with the law. Despite his background...University of Texas Law School. Instead...political office once again. His status as the...
Jordan, Barbara Charline
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...graduated at the top of her class from Phyllis Wheatley...her first year of law school, Jordan realized...Houston and opened a law practice after her...County. She ran again in 1964, and again was defeated. Jordan...enforcement of civil rights laws. She resigned from...
Gerald Ford
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and graduated in the top five percent of his high school class. He also excelled...was admitted to Yale Law School. Here he graduated...Philip Buchen in a law partnership in Grand...established himself in law practice and took...House in 1952, Ford again found himself in an...
Berlusconi, Silvio
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...suave Berlusconi was again elected prime minister...middle – class bank clerk and a housewife...admission. While studying law at the University...graduation thesis from law school was titled...Milan for the upper class, in 1969, and in...having become the top developer of ...
Harlan, John Marshall, II
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...the elder Harlan's law practice took their...at Princeton in the class of 1920. He compiled...him for an American law practice, enroll at New York Law School, where he...graft, Harlan was again the elder attorney's top assistant. By that...

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