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Extraction Summary
13
People
3
Organizations
4
Locations
2
Events
3
Relationships
6
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Manuscript excerpt / book draft (evidence production)
File Size:
2.5 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a manuscript or memoir authored by Alan Dershowitz (indicated by context clues), produced as part of House Oversight evidence. The text recounts personal anecdotes, including his representation of Natan Sharansky, a speaking engagement at Carnegie Hall for Vaclav Havel in 1991, and a humorous elevator encounter with Mikhail Gorbachev in Jerusalem in 2008. It concludes with the beginning of a chapter regarding the author's early legal work against Apartheid in South Africa while at Yale Law Journal.
People (13)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Alan Dershowitz | Author/Narrator |
Recounting personal anecdotes about his legal career and interactions with world leaders. Identified by the context '...
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| Michael Milken | Client |
Mentioned as a high-profile case with a large fee.
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| Leona Helmsley | Client |
Mentioned as a high-profile case with a large fee.
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| Natan Sharansky | Client/Dissident |
Dershowitz describes a hug from him as his 'biggest fee'. Later on a panel in Jerusalem.
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| Vaclav Havel | Dissident/Leader |
Dershowitz spoke on his behalf at Carnegie Hall and was on a panel with him in Jerusalem.
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| Mickael Gorbachev | Former Soviet Leader |
Met in an elevator in Jerusalem; joked about being the one who actually got the dissidents out of prison. (Note: Spel...
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| Garrison Keillor | Reader |
Participant at Carnegie Hall event.
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| Marvin Hamlisch | Reader |
Participant at Carnegie Hall event.
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| Peter Ustinov | Reader |
Participant at Carnegie Hall event.
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| William Warfield | Reader |
Participant at Carnegie Hall event.
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| Martin Garbus | Reader |
Participant at Carnegie Hall event.
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| Maurice Sendak | Reader |
Participant at Carnegie Hall event.
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| Mrs. Dershowitz | Mother |
Dershowitz's mother, mentioned telling a joke about him playing Carnegie Hall.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Hall |
Venue for a 1991 event supporting dissident artists.
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| Yale Law Journal |
Dershowitz was editor-in-chief in 1961.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the document stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (2 events)
1991
Event at Carnegie Hall on behalf of Vaclav Havel and dissident artists.
Carnegie Hall
2008
Celebration of Israel's 60th birthday; panel discussion on human rights.
Jerusalem
Locations (4)
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New York City concert venue.
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Location of Israel's 60th birthday celebration.
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Subject of the section 'The struggle against real Apartheid'.
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Referenced for comparison regarding Nuremburg Laws.
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Relationships (3)
Refers to the 'Sharansky case' and receiving a hug as a fee.
Part of a team of lawyers to help Havel; spoke on his behalf at Carnegie Hall.
Shared an elevator and exchanged jokes in Jerusalem.
Key Quotes (6)
"I said he did not but that when he put his arms around me and gave me that hug and whispered those words, that was the biggest fee I ever earned."Source
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"Practice, practice, practice law, like my son."Source
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Quote #2
"Havel, Sharansky, Gorbachev and Dershowitz get into an elevator."Source
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Quote #3
"You did a good job, but I did a better job. I’m the one who got them out."Source
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Quote #4
"Why didn’t you get us out sooner?"Source
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Quote #5
"It was shocking to me that only a few decades after the Nuremburg Laws in Nazi Germany, a “civilized” country, with a British and Dutch heritage, could construct a system of laws based on overt racism and discrimination"Source
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Quote #6
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