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Associate News Editor of Equity News Helaine Feldman comments that "since the settlement, casting has gone on smoothly--but no new [definite] casting decisions have been made yet." Equity is consulting with Mackintosh during the casting process...
...that's not all. Kennedy's bill would subject you to compensatory and punitive damages if you failed to meet the necessity test. Pragmatism might dictate that you cut your losses and reach a settlement with the complaintant. Or worse, you might avoid the whole bloody scenario by hiring applicants in accordance with the community's racial and sex composition. Little wonder that thoughtful critics have labled the act a "litigation bonanza" and a "quota bill...
...angry spouse in a state where old-fashioned sex statutes are still on the books. In a quirky twist to the contemporary no- fault-divorce saga, venerable adultery laws are occasionally being invoked by quarreling marital partners, sometimes for vindictive purposes and sometimes to gain leverage in lengthy settlement negotiations. In the weeks after Dawn's arrest, two other Connecticut women and one man were also charged with adultery. They face the same possible misdemeanor punishment: up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine...
...biggest stories in town. The Post, founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton, faced the imminent prospect of closing unless unions coughed up some $19 million in wage and benefit concessions to satisfy the deadline demands of its owner, real estate developer Peter Kalikow. After marathon bargaining, a tentative settlement kept the tabloid alive -- for the time being. "We're optimistic," said Kalikow. "But if the climate gets substantially worse in 1991, that may be another set of facts...
Secretary of State James Baker called it "a rendezvous with history." Said Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze: "We have closed the book on World War II and started a new age." The two men were describing the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany, signed in Moscow last week by the U.S., the Soviet Union, Britain, France and the two Germanys. As Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev looked on, West German Foreign Minister Hans- Dietrich Genscher and East German Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere affixed their signatures, followed by the foreign ministers of the four Allied powers. Then...