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Those who would defend the Taxman case in theory but who sought a settlement for political purposes can claim but a modest victory. By burying Taxman, affirmative action supporters only succeeded in postponing their day of reckoning before the high court. Despite their deep pockets, civil rights groups will eventually have to engage their opponents in debate instead of paying them off with a handsome settlement...
...their losses, many liberals urged the court to strike down affirmative action as it affected Taxman and Williams but to withhold judgment on racial preferences as a whole. As time passed, civil rights groups grew increasingly uneasy. In November, a coalition of such groups agreed to finance a settlement, effectively making the case and its constitutional dilemmas disappear for the time being...
During the last hours of his life, Hutchence made another phone call--to Irish musician Bob Geldof, ex-husband of Paula Yates, Hutchence's girlfriend. Geldof and Yates, a flamboyant television talk-show host, went through a disconcertingly modern separation two years ago. As part of the settlement, Yates, already linked to Hutchence, moved back into Geldof's home with her new lover, and Geldof took up residence in Hutchence's Chelsea home, a mile away. The detente didn't last. Since last year, Yates and Geldof have been in a custody dispute over their three children. Hutchence wanted Yates...
...names of just three of the earl's alleged dozen mistresses. Meanwhile, the earl, who has always been public about his wife's anorexia and neuroses, has briefed the court on Lockwood's alcohol and drug dependency, stating bluntly, in response to her demands for a sizable settlement, that "I am most fearful that should Victoria receive significantly more money from me than she does at present, she will be unable to resist the lure of the substances to which she is/was addicted and/or unprincipled individuals who may seek to take advantage of her." He cited his fears for their...
Spencers Cool Down Princess Diana's brother announces a settlement in his messy divorce case...