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Adam and Cindy's agreement contains a "sunset clause," also called a "poison pill." Designed to prevent a difficult settlement if the marriage falls apart quickly, it disappears after a specified term of years, by which point the couple assume they're in it for keeps. Adam first proposed 25 years, but Cindy's lawyer objected. Adam's family suggested 18, because the Hebrew number 18, chai, means "life." "I just don't think about it," says Cindy. "I believe if you both give it 100% and just cherish it, you can work out your problems...
...capping the size of the appeal bond that each tobacco company must post at $100 million--a law the plaintiffs are challenging. If the cap is removed, the tobacco companies could conceivably be forced to file for bankruptcy, which would disrupt this case as well as the $209 billion settlement with the states, part of which goes to Florida...
...binder and its owner are at the center of the action this week as President Clinton attempts to clinch a deal on peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. The summit is a high-stakes attempt by the departing American President to force a "full, fair and final" settlement of such explosive issues as the return of Palestinian refugees, boundaries of a Palestinian state and control of Jerusalem--in short, all the issues dividing the two sides. Along the arbored paths of Camp David, over meals of steak and salmon or in their private cabins, every foreign policy heavyweight...
Ryan would not comment on compensatory damages, saying discussions still have to occur "attorney to attorney" before any public statement on an award or settlement can be made...
Putting an end to the conflict once and for all is Israel's objective. But not just Israel's. It is America's too. The U.S. has no great stake in the territorial details of any settlement. It has an enormous stake, however, in an end to war in the region...