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1、2015考研英语阅读理解精读P23—法学类 Passage23 FewlawyersdidmoretohelpGeorgeW.BushbecomepresidentthanBarryRichard.AsBush'squarterbackintheFloridacourtsduringlastfall'sbruisingrecount,thewhite-manedTallahassee,Fla.,litigatorbecameafamiliarfiguretoTVaudiences.HegottheGOPequivalentofrock-startreatmentwhenhecametoWas
2、hingtonlastJanuaryforBush'sInauguration.Atoneball,recallslawpartnerFredBaggett,aheavysetTexaswomanliftedRichardoffthefloorandplantedabigkissonhischeek,exclaiming,"Iloveyouforgivingusourpresident!" ButRichardhasdiscoveredthattheBushies'gratitudehasitslimits.MorethanfourmonthsaftertheU.S.SupremeCourt
3、endedthe2000election,heandhisfirm,GreenbergTraurig,arestillowedmorethan$800,000inlegalfees.Thefirm,whichsent39lawyersand13paralegalsintocourtbattlesalloverthestate,isoneofadozenthathavesofarbeenstiffed.Theestimatedtotaltab:morethan$2million.Thesituation,NEWSWEEKhaslearned,hasgottenincreasinglysticky
4、.Whilelawyerscomplainprivatelyaboutfootdragging(Richardsayshe'snotamongthem),Bushadvisersaregripingabout"astronomical"bills--includingonefromalitigatorwhochargedformorethan24hoursofworkinasingleday."Whatyou'vegothereisabunchofrichlawyersbellyaching,"saysoneformerBushcampaignofficial."Yettheseguysgot
5、hugein-kindcontributionstotheirreputationsoutofthis." ThelawyersweresupposedtogettheirmoneyfromtheBushRecountCommittee,afund-raisingvehiclesetupwhentheFloridafightbegan.Anebulousentitynotlegallyrequiredtodisclosehowitspentitsmoney,thecommitteeanditschieffund-raiser,Texasoilman(andnowCommercesecreta
6、ry)DonEvans,swiftlycollected$8.3million--morethantwicethe$3.9millionAlGore'srecountcommitteeraisedtopayitslawyers.Toavoidchargesthattherecountwasbeingbankrolledbyspecialinterests,theBushiesimposeda$5,000caponindividualdonations,aPRgesturetheynowregret.Afterpayingoffcaterers,airchartersandthearmyofGO
7、PHilltypeswhocametoFloridaas"observers,"the"kittyrandry,"saysonesource. TheBushcampsaysitintendstopayup.ButBenGinsberg,theformerchiefcampaigncounselwhohasinheritedthemess,hasn'tyetfiguredouthow.Asfor
