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...with radioisotopes to rural communities for some time, and has destroyed internal documents attesting to that fact. Though the case seems legally and practically intractable, Brockovich convinces Masry to represent some local plaintiffs. In the end, the case balloons to national proportions and results in the largest direct-action settlement in the history of American justice—$333 million. It’s a story that, by dint of its real-life unbelievability, lends itself perfectly to biographical film, and indeed serves as a sort of paradigm for all future ventures in that genre...
...violent protests and the police response demonstrate, the PA has the difficult task of convincing its people that bin Laden and terrorism are to be deplored, not celebrated. A peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians will require significant concessions from both sides, but no true peace can be formed when one party continues to view indiscriminate violence against civilians as a legitimate tactic...
...Bush told Congress that "out of these troubled times, our objective--a new world order--can emerge." For the next year or so, he trotted out that phrase times without number. The new world order, he said at one point, implied "new ways of working with other nations...peaceful settlement of disputes, solidarity against aggression...and just treatment of all peoples...
SUSPENDED. BILL CLINTON, 55, from practicing law at the Supreme Court; in Washington. The ruling--which could lead to permanent disbarment--was a routine extension of Clinton's suspension from practicing in Arkansas as part of his settlement with the independent counsel's office over the Monica Lewinsky investigation. It marked the first time a President has been disciplined by the high court...
...economist—selected the previous month to lead Harvard—let then-University President Neil L. Rudentstine take the lead in negotiating a settlement to the protest...