Word: claims
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Like the products of the Underground-film world, campus movies are something of an acquired taste-which is one good reason why they have a limited commercial future. More than that, the bulk of them are simply the exuberant and untalented posturings of youth, which have no more claim to lasting attention than the sophomore poems and short stories turned out every year by aspiring collegiate Salingers and Updikes. Occasionally, of course, a gifted student like Coppola will graduate to the ranks of Hollywood professionals. In the long run, though, the contemporary enthusiasm for student films is likely to turn...
...someone else's injuries in the event that a court finds him at fault. Once that happens, the driver's company must pay the judgment against him. And with its own money at stake, the company usually tries to beat down the victim's claims, however just. As damage awards mount, the industry compensates for its losses by raising everyone's premiums. But even when a company wins in court and does not have to pay a claim, it may still retaliate against its policyholder by canceling his insurance, a fate that makes other companies regard...
...people most likely to impress juries if they do get into trouble. As a result, thousands of unpreferred motorists have been unceremoniously stripped of their policies or forced to pay sky-high surcharges, not only because of accidents, but sometimes because they happen to live in "red line" (claim-prone) areas or belong to supposedly risky groups-a category that includes the young, the old, Negroes, actors, barbers, bartenders, sailors, soldiers and men with frivolous nicknames like "Shorty." Divorcees are often blackballed because they might irk women jurors; doctors and clergymen are frowned upon as "preoccupied" drivers. A Manhattan lawyer...
...Other leading firms are Monarch Press, Study Master and Cliff's Notes, which is currently being sued by Random House and the heirs of William Faulkner on the claim that summarizing his works violates copyright laws...
Wednesday in Third District Court the trial of the four men police accuse of the beating was continued until Feb. 29 on a defense motion. Police in Massachusetts and Connecticut are still looking for a fifth man they claim was involved...