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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813694203321

Autore

Thornburgh Dick

Titolo

Where the evidence leads : an autobiography / / Dick Thornburgh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

0-8229-7388-X

Edizione

[Revised and updated edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (458 p.)

Disciplina

353.4/092

Soggetti

Attorneys general - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Beginnings -- Tragedy and recovery -- Running for office -- Federal prosecutor -- Serving in Washington, D.C. -- Running for governor : the primary -- The victory! -- A rough start : Three Mile Island -- Reshaping Pennsylvania's economy -- A governor's agenda -- The politics of the governorship -- Harvard and a return to Washington -- Battling white-collar crime -- Crime-fighting in the Department of Justice -- A global effort -- The ADA and other domestic endeavors -- Criticisms : fair and unfair -- Running for the Senate -- A sojourn at the United Nations -- Return to the law and other pursuits -- Investigations, litigation and other legal capers.