Word: generality
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Ralph Nader, the crusading critic of auto safety standards, has carried his long public feud with General Motors before television cameras, congressional committees and the courts. But last week both sides met quietly-and the young lawyer came away with his most lucrative victory yet. In an out-of-court settlement of his suit against G.M. for invasion of privacy, the company agreed to pay Nader $425,000 in damages...
...league's western division race. Last week they led second-place Los Angeles by 11½ games. Third-place Atlanta is 20½ games back, and Cincinnati is already looking to October, when the Reds are expected to bring home their first world championship in 30 years. Says General Manager Bob How-sam: "I see no reason why we can't stay up there if we don't get too fat. We have to stay hungry...
...lawsuits. But several recent court decisions have made it easier for conservation groups to sue polluters. None, however, go as far as a remarkable Michigan law recently signed by Governor William G. Milliken. The law puts every Michigan citizen on a legal par with the state's attorney general in environmental cases. In so doing, it achieves three key reforms...
...private citizen may sue against a public nuisance on behalf of the general population, whether or not the nuisance affects him personally...
...lose control of a defective kiddie car. Not that there is any rivalry between Nader and CR. He is now, in fact, a director of the magazine's parent corporation, the nonprofit Consumers Union of U.S., Inc. The publicity accorded Nader's personal crusades, plus the general rise in consumerism, has no doubt contributed to CR's surging popularity. Founded along with Consumers Union in 1936, CR took 30 years to reach a circulation of 1,000,000. In the past four years, sales have soared...