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simply intriguing developments.The one-paragraph synopsis*appeared on

the front page, right column, of the web site, and I had sent out no

publicity on the case. Ironically, the client’s father had visited my office

earlier in the day, and I had to reassure him that I believe in my heart

that we have a strong case to take to trial. It blows my mind to think that

out of thousands of cases that are filed every day, mine made the news.

A Dinner I Arranged at the Last Minute Attracted Record Attendance

I’m on the board of our local vegetarian group, and our monthly

meetings are usually on the second Saturday of the month.When I

checked with the president about a place for the March meeting, I found

out that no arrangements had been made. I volunteered to pick up the

ball. On Tuesday, February 28, I went to the top restaurant on my list,

only to find out that the owner was out of town until Friday, March 3,

but they’d leave a message for her to call me when she got back in town.

That wouldn’t work.

The next day,Wednesday, March 1, I went to a Thai restaurant

that had been open for only a few months. I spoke to the manager and

asked if they could do a vegetarian dinner buffet. I told him that based

on my experience, 20 people would be a lock, and a really good turnout

would be a little over 30. He said they could do it, but would want a

$100 deposit to make sure that they wouldn’t take a hit if they bought

a lot of extra food and no one showed up. I picked the menu, and it was

an incredible deal: vegetarian sushi, soup, four entrées, dessert, and tea

for $8. He said he would check with the owner, and I’d have to arrange

for the deposit check. On March 2, we were able to confirm it. I wrote

a short announcement that the president could take and put into our

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*Yukon Chevrolet and Fifth Third Bank have been sued for fraud in Canadian County

Court, Oklahoma, by a man of limited mental capacity who says he won a prize in

Yukon’s “scratch and win” ad, and when he showed up to claim it, was detained for five

hours in a high-pressure sales ordeal and coerced into buying a new truck, which defen-

dants did not let him return the next day.

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