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...Constitution by standing up to overzealous prosecutors. Ray knew he had to get Clinton's attention. In July he empaneled a new grand jury, and after the November election, called in Lewinsky for questioning, increasing pressure on Clinton to cut a deal. If there was going to be a settlement, he wanted it before Clinton left office. About three weeks ago, he asked Kendall for a meeting with the President, according to sources outside Ray's office. Clinton had let associates know that despite his public bravado, he feared the threat of indictment and wanted to put the matter behind...
...Minneapolis, Minn., voted to join the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union last year, management called in the INS, and they were hauled off to jail. But the union posted their bonds, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission launched an investigation, and the hotel agreed to pay a $72,000 settlement. The INS, which had at first threatened to deport the illegal maids, agreed to let seven of the eight remain in the U.S. "Companies across America love illegal aliens until they get uppity and ask for a few more cents," said Michael Moore, the activist filmmaker, who used an Internet...
World War 3.0 also provides fresh insights into the failed effort to reach a settlement before Judge Jackson ruled. Justice and Microsoft were moving toward compromise. But, Auletta reports, the state attorneys general--who had to sign off on the deal--took a harder line than Justice on what the remedy should be, causing the mediator, Judge Richard Posner, to throw up his hands. The book's main flaw is one of pacing: there's too much detail on the trial and too little on Judge Jackson's order to divide up Microsoft...
...whose annual medical costs will reach $600,000, is seeking millions in damages from Ford, Firestone and the car dealer for gross negligence and malice. Ford has already settled 25 tire-related injury and death claims. But a flurry of last-minute negotiations last week failed to produce a settlement in the Bailey case. A Ford spokesman says they will go to trial if no agreement is reached...
...Georgia boy destined to become President grew up near the Depression-ravaged settlement of Archery, bereft of indoor plumbing and electricity. He became an accomplished child farmer, and even today can explain how to plow a straight furrow. In this captivating memoir he recalls his eccentric forebears, among them, the great-great-grandfather who married the sister of his deceased wife, then asked to be buried between the women but "tilted a little toward" the first wife...