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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (4446)	9/21/1998 7:57:00 PM
From: dougjn	Respond to of 67261

I think what I said when I first discussed this "cut off" of the Prez. I think he had a code that combined "deniablity" and "cheating" on his wife. I think it was bizare, and wrong. I think he had some reason to be right that this sort of activity was more deniable than intercourse, but was utterly self-deluding in thinking he was accordingly safe. I think the idea this is not so bad cheating is wrong. It is also not an unknown belief, or rationalization, among some other men, I have read. Doug

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (4446)	9/21/1998 9:48:00 PM
From: dougjn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

You have endeavored to insult me as a lawyer a number of times BP. Let me tell you what makes a good, or great lawyer BP. Different things in different contests. But it is rarely, if ever, a matter of how much local law the lawyer knows when first starting to devote himself (or herself) without reservation to the matter at issue. It is a way of thinking. An ability to parse through the noise and to find the key, determinative element or elements. In more rarefied, appellate or corporate practice, it has to do mostly with knowledgeable, deep, balanced, and therefor persuasive arguments. In trial law, success may depend more on emotive presentation, and jury persuasion. In each case, cutting to the heart of the key persuasive issue is what is important. How much you know about local law before you begin is most unimportant. Doug