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...this is all about is breaking the matrix of hate. The conflicts that always seem most implacable spring from an intensity of loathing rooted in the conviction that it was "us or them": enemies who could not live together, ideas that could not compromise, land demanded entirely by one claimant. Outside intervention might have quelled the quarrels, but only if one side could be vanquished. In the struggle between Western democracy and communism, the danger of using force was literally too great. In the five wars between Arabs and Israelis, neither side could obliterate the other...
...employees to blow the whistle alerted officials to the allegations. Meanwhile many insurance companies that formerly did not closely scrutinize claims have become more vigilant. Using computers, they scan for such warning signs of fraud as services performed on weekends and holidays and visits to doctors far from a claimant's home...
...sorts of information is available. Suppose that an insurance company wants to know if a claimant has a criminal past, or an employer wants to see the earnings history of a job applicant. Or maybe a lawyer wants to learn anything he can about an opposing party. A popular solution these days is to hire a private eye, who in turn uses self-styled information brokers -- usually other private eyes -- who often pay government employees for confidential data that can be gleaned in a matter of seconds. "If you're in a fight with your neighbor, these brokers...
...would amount to 52% of the company's fiscal 1987 earnings. McKay, 45, won $44.6 million, while Williams, % 47, was awarded $24.9 million. McKay's judgment, which was higher because his salary at Ashland was larger than Williams', is one of the largest awards ever granted to an individual claimant. Ashland will appeal, and may be able to get the damages reduced. Because the company will not have to pay anything until the appeals process is complete -- something that could take years -- the verdict should have no immediate financial effect...
There is another element in the Dukakis campaign, one that is politically more problematic. With Mario Cuomo on the sidelines, Dukakis, the son of Greek immigrants, is the only claimant to give-me-your-tired-your-poor ethnicity. But this first-generation heritage can also make Dukakis seem like a political outsider, especially in the South. Introducing him at a speech in Corpus Christi, Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro said, "Governor, when I saw the two k's in your name, I can tell you we've never had a Dukakis run for anything in Texas...