Comments on: The World According to Grove http://acrimoney.com/2009/08/grove-fees/ The Wild Wild World of Wealth Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:12:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Norb Vonneguthttp://acrimoney.com/2009/08/grove-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-25389 Norb Vonnegut Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:25:24 +0000 http://acrimoney.com/?p=1791#comment-25389 Hey, Grove. Take a look at this link.Norbhttp://www.planadviser.com/NewsDiversions.aspx?id=6404 Hey, Grove. Take a look at this link.

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http://www.planadviser.com/NewsDiversions.aspx?id=6404

]]> By: Norb Vonneguthttp://acrimoney.com/2009/08/grove-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-25387 Norb Vonnegut Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:42:25 +0000 http://acrimoney.com/?p=1791#comment-25387 Billings' mentor encouraged his young disciple to go by the name "Learned."" 'Learned' sounds cerebral," explained the mentor, "just the right image for an attorney.""But I like 'Billings.' "" 'Billings' is a marketing problem for any lawyer, but particularly you with your last name. If you speak quickly and slur your words ever so slightly, your name almost sounds like 'Bill in Hand.' Probably not the right image for a lawyer."So that's how Billings became Learned Hand. Believe it or not. Billings’ mentor encouraged his young disciple to go by the name “Learned.”

” ‘Learned’ sounds cerebral,” explained the mentor, “just the right image for an attorney.”

“But I like ‘Billings.’ ”

” ‘Billings’ is a marketing problem for any lawyer, but particularly you with your last name. If you speak quickly and slur your words ever so slightly, your name almost sounds like ‘Bill in Hand.’ Probably not the right image for a lawyer.”

So that’s how Billings became Learned Hand. Believe it or not.

]]> By: Michaelhttp://acrimoney.com/2009/08/grove-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-25386 Michael Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:29:38 +0000 http://acrimoney.com/?p=1791#comment-25386 What kind of a name is Learned Hand anyway?His mother was Lydia Coit Learned and the Learneds had "long used family surnames as given names." (At birth, he actually was named Billings Learned Hand.) What kind of a name is Learned Hand anyway?

His mother was Lydia Coit Learned and the Learneds had “long used family surnames as given names.” (At birth, he actually was named Billings Learned Hand.)

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