Word: cleveland
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These whopping judgments are part of a continuing trend (TIME, Dec. 30, 1974). Jury Verdict Research Inc. of Cleveland reports that there have been a total of 98 awards of $1 million or more since 1971, with some attorneys winning more than one such case. Lawyers say that the spiraling awards reflect a growing consciousness by juries of a plaintiffs basic rights, the ability of attorneys to present far more sophisticated cases than they once did, and soaring medical costs...
...industry is composed of corporations with annual revenues of more than $1 billion that have wound up in bankruptcy court. At present there are only two members: Penn Central Transportation Co. and W.T. Grant Co., the giant retailer. Soon there may be a third: White Motor Corp., a Cleveland-based maker of heavy-duty trucks...
...failed to negotiate an extension; the loans now can be called any day that the banks lose patience. The White Motor Credit Co., a financing subsidiary, owes another $200 million. In recent months, White Motor has sought a sorely needed infusion of capital by trying to merge with Cleveland's White Consolidated Industries, a producer of appliances and other products (the two companies were founded by members of the same family, but there has been no corporate connection between them for the past 70 years). Early in May, White Consolidated thumbed down the merger -whereupon John Sheehan, a former...
...indicator of a lawless epoch, a broken mirror-image of the country at large? The conclusions are not as obvious as they seem. Professional sport is in fact no more violent than it used to be. The beanball has been with us since baseball began. Back in 1920, Cleveland Indian Ray Chapman was killed by Yankee Carl Mays' fastball. Twenty years ago Giant Pitcher Sal Maglie was given the sobriquet "the Barber" because of the close shaves his fastball gave the faces of hitters. Don Drysdale, a Dodger star of the '60s, was famed as a fastballing headhunter...
...course, only the end of May, and to call this series crucial would be more than boosterism. But the Red Sox have announced that they are trotting Reggie Cleveland out of the bullpen tonight at 7:30 p.m. And, they will throw Rick (two-hitter) Wise at Cy Young award winner Jim Palmer tomorrow. If that does not appeal, how does Looeee vs. Doyle Alexander on Sunday sound...