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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Alan Dershowitz was in line at Mar-a-Lagos lavish Christmas Eve buffet last month when President Donald Trump stopped to chat.The retired Harvard law professor had already been asked by Trumps legal team to assist with the defense at his聽impeachment trial聽and, with the case opening in a matter of weeks, the Republican president wanted to know: Was he on board He said, Everybod stanley canada y wants to do this thing, but I want you, Dershowitz recalled in an interview with The Associated Press.Dershowitz, whose clients have included O.J. Simpson, Claus von Bulow and Mike Tyson, ultimately said yes, joining聽a legal team聽that, starting Saturday, will present the defense at only聽the third impeachment trial of a American president聽in history.Trumps attorneys say Dershowitz and Ken Starr, the forme stanley uk r independent counsel during President Bill Clintons impeachment, will have discrete functions that they will be addressing at trial.Dershowitzs task is to ma stanley cup ke the argument 鈥?widely rejected among scholars 鈥?that an impeachable offense requires criminal-like conduct. Dershowitz joked Thursday that if he sounded sniffly, it was because hed been buried in musty history and law books to prepare.While its just another high-profile case in a career full of them, Dershowitzs defense of Trump has befuddled associates, friends and former students, who struggle to make sense of his forceful advocacy for the president and who fervently disagree with the legal positions hes taken and even t Rblv (Update) Kodai Senga; Mets Beat Red Sox 5-4 in Completion of Suspended Game
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoThe cityscape of TokyoJiji Press15:26 JST,ensp;August 10, 2023TOKYO Jiji Press 鈥?The average summer bonus at major Japanese companies in 2023 topped 楼900,000 for the first time in three years amid soaring prices, a survey by the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, showed Wednesday.The average amount rose 0.47 pct from a year before to 楼903,397, the sixth-highest level on records dating back to 1981, according to the final tally by the countrys biggest employers group.The results came after this years shunto spring labor-management talks resul stanley kubek ted in the largest monthly wage increase in 31 years. The average summer bonus grew for the second consecutive year. The momentum for wage hikes has been maintained, a Keidanren official said.The survey covered 161 companies in 19 industries.At manufacturers, the average summer bonus rose 3.5 pct to 楼952,574, marking the second straight year of increase. Nonmanufacturers average shrank 6.24 pct to 楼777,293.Ten sectors posted higher summer bonuses. Food makers saw the largest increase, jumping 14.58 pct, followed by shipbuilders, at 13.81 pct, and machinery and metals makers, at 13.11 pct.On the other hand, nine sectors logged lower bonuses, including an 11.75 pct decline at electricity firms.Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed.Companies Latest ArticlesSe stanley polska ven i Founding Family Gives Up on Management Buyout Plan; Fam...Niigata Nuclear Plant stanley cup s Anti-Terrorism Facility Delayed; Kashiwaz...Buffett Eye
WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Alan Dershowitz was in line at Mar-a-Lagos lavish Christmas Eve buffet last month when President Donald Trump stopped to chat.The retired Harvard law professor had already been asked by Trumps legal team to assist with the defense at his聽impeachment trial聽and, with the case opening in a matter of weeks, the Republican president wanted to know: Was he on board He said, Everybod stanley canada y wants to do this thing, but I want you, Dershowitz recalled in an interview with The Associated Press.Dershowitz, whose clients have included O.J. Simpson, Claus von Bulow and Mike Tyson, ultimately said yes, joining聽a legal team聽that, starting Saturday, will present the defense at only聽the third impeachment trial of a American president聽in history.Trumps attorneys say Dershowitz and Ken Starr, the forme stanley uk r independent counsel during President Bill Clintons impeachment, will have discrete functions that they will be addressing at trial.Dershowitzs task is to ma stanley cup ke the argument 鈥?widely rejected among scholars 鈥?that an impeachable offense requires criminal-like conduct. Dershowitz joked Thursday that if he sounded sniffly, it was because hed been buried in musty history and law books to prepare.While its just another high-profile case in a career full of them, Dershowitzs defense of Trump has befuddled associates, friends and former students, who struggle to make sense of his forceful advocacy for the president and who fervently disagree with the legal positions hes taken and even t Rblv (Update) Kodai Senga; Mets Beat Red Sox 5-4 in Completion of Suspended Game
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoThe cityscape of TokyoJiji Press15:26 JST,ensp;August 10, 2023TOKYO Jiji Press 鈥?The average summer bonus at major Japanese companies in 2023 topped 楼900,000 for the first time in three years amid soaring prices, a survey by the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, showed Wednesday.The average amount rose 0.47 pct from a year before to 楼903,397, the sixth-highest level on records dating back to 1981, according to the final tally by the countrys biggest employers group.The results came after this years shunto spring labor-management talks resul stanley kubek ted in the largest monthly wage increase in 31 years. The average summer bonus grew for the second consecutive year. The momentum for wage hikes has been maintained, a Keidanren official said.The survey covered 161 companies in 19 industries.At manufacturers, the average summer bonus rose 3.5 pct to 楼952,574, marking the second straight year of increase. Nonmanufacturers average shrank 6.24 pct to 楼777,293.Ten sectors posted higher summer bonuses. Food makers saw the largest increase, jumping 14.58 pct, followed by shipbuilders, at 13.81 pct, and machinery and metals makers, at 13.11 pct.On the other hand, nine sectors logged lower bonuses, including an 11.75 pct decline at electricity firms.Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed.Companies Latest ArticlesSe stanley polska ven i Founding Family Gives Up on Management Buyout Plan; Fam...Niigata Nuclear Plant stanley cup s Anti-Terrorism Facility Delayed; Kashiwaz...Buffett Eye