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These days some of Scruggs' best friends have M.D. after their names. Scruggs is the lawyer who, more than any other, was responsible for the $246 billion settlement agreed to by tobacco companies in 1998 to defray the medical costs of smokers who fall ill. And he arrived in Connecticut with a message those managed care-weary doctors were eager to hear: HMOs are next on his target list. "They are second-guessing doctors' medical decisions with accountants and bean counters," he told the crowd indignantly...
...going to weasel out of the damages altogether. Granted, they will never have to pay the full bill; thanks to the tobacco interests in the Florida legislature, it's now illegal to bankrupt a company via punitive damages. And at this rate, that's exactly what this kind of settlement would do; big tobacco is mortgaged to the hilt, and the companies are already chained to a payment plan for the historic (and bank-breaking) agreement with various states' attorneys general...
...Saints' neighbors grew nervous about a heavily armed theocracy in their midst. In 1844 Smith was jailed, then shot dead by a mob and his flock harassed. In 1846, their temple barely completed, they reluctantly embarked on an extraordinary trek. It would produce another mighty settlement, near the Great Salt Lake. But Nauvoo, says Richard Ostling, co-author of the book Mormon America, quickly attained the status of a lost ideal: "the thorough expression of the Mormon kingdom of God on earth...
...look like a littering violation in the middle of a full-scale riot. And Robertson, because he disavows the Napster free-for-all and sees a future in which record companies get paid for online distribution, has suddenly become a man the music industry can do business with. The settlement deal MP3.com cut with Warner and BMG two weeks ago--whereby Robertson will pay $100 million in damages and get a license to run My.MP3.com in return--is only the beginning of a beautiful friendship. If Robertson's vision is accurate, he and the record companies will streamline...
...Middle East. Eight months ago there were hopes--in both Washington and Jerusalem--that the end of the Clinton Administration would provide an incentive for a two-track peace deal, one that included the Palestinians and Syrians. This week Israeli and Palestinian leaders jet to Washington to resuscitate their settlement negotiations. But Assad's death seems likely to kill hopes for a fast Syrian-Israeli pact. President Clinton praised Assad for his "commitment to the path of peace." But that was an oversimplification. Assad was committed to peace--but only on his inflexible terms. He was intent on doing...