71.   He is a scholar of bankruptcy law, having lectured and written law review articles.

72.   He joined the law firm of Rothschild and Phelan in San Francisco and quickly developed a specialty in bankruptcy law.

73.   He instead blamed changes in bankruptcy law and lawyers themselves.

74.   He used his sophisticated analysis and his knowledge of bankruptcy law to reap fat profits for his investors by picking clean dead and dying companies.

75.   He voted for a measure that clears the way for questionable mortgage lenders to use bankruptcy laws to take the homes of customers.

76.   He said Rubin would urge the government to continue to reform its banks, to strengthen its bankruptcy laws and to allow more foreign investment.

77.   He understood the need for new bankruptcy laws and for closing loopholes in the tax code, they said.

78.   Heston belongs to a United Nations group called Insol that wants to make bankruptcy laws worldwide conform better.

79.   His first two legislative coups have been restraining pesky occupational-safety laws and changing bankruptcy laws to help credit-card firms.

80.   His expertise extended to bankruptcy law, corporate reorganization and the rights of debtors and creditors, subjects to which he contributed as an author and editor.