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...every single case on its own facts', in reality, if this case were decided in [Brian Myerson's] favor it would be a foot in the door for everyone else," says Lipson. That could create a volume of cases courts might struggle to handle. Claims wouldn't just center on the plunging markets; divorcees left with property worth less than they'd been led to believe, for instance, might also seek redress. Until the ruling, divorced London bankers will live in hope...
...celebrate the occasion, the 1989 championship team—which included tournament MVP and current head coach Ted Donato ’91—reunited at the Bright Hockey Center...
...politician himself, like so many other Japanese leaders (including that other maverick, Koizumi) he entered the Diet when he was just 27. Michael Green, chairman of Japan research at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, who knew Ozawa more than 20 years ago, remembers him back then as a traditional politician "focused on bringing home the bacon" to his constituency in Iwate prefecture in northeastern Honshu. His mentors include both Kakuei Tanaka, Prime Minister from 1972 to 1974, who treated Ozawa like a son and arranged his marriage, and Shin Kanemaru, who served as Deputy Prime Minister...
...1980s, Japan went on a debt-fueled binge that made modern Americans look as thrifty as Amish farmers. The stock market soared into the stratosphere, and property prices went so haywire that it was common to claim that the land on which the Imperial Palace sits in the center of Tokyo was worth more than California...
...Green of the Center for Strategic and International Studies says Ozawa's "Captain Ahab - like quest" to destroy the LDP has at times led him to adopt an anti-U.S. tone, causing some collateral damage to the U.S.-Japan alliance. But every Japanese leader understands the reality of life. Should he become Prime Minister, Ozawa's determination to hold on to power, says Green, "will lead him to pursue a strong alliance with Washington...