Word: conn
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...looked as if the legal clouds were finally lifting from the worst industrial disaster in history. Union Carbide said last week that it had reached a settlement with attorneys for the victims of the December 1984 chemical-leak catastrophe at the company's plant in Bhopal, India. The Danbury, Conn.-based firm (1985 revenues: $9 billion) agreed to pay $350 million in damages for the disaster, which killed at least 1,758 people and may have injured up to 300,000 others...
...dealers in the U.S. who until a few months ago routinely added premiums to popular Japanese models are now beginning to encounter customer resistance. Says David Grasemere, a New Milford, Conn., Volkswagen dealer: "Japanese dealers may soon have to start offering incentives to sell their higher-priced cars." As the balance of competitive power between Japanese and American automakers appeared to be shifting last week, shares of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler all rose on Wall Street...
Sometimes the chief is the culprit. Chairman Terence Fox of Iroquois Brands, the Greenwich, Conn.-based maker of Champale malt liquor, was arrested in November after being discovered in a hotel room with $8,000 worth of cocaine. Last year Miller Brewing filed a $19 million civil suit against Robert Landau Associates, a New York City sports-promotion firm that had gone into bankruptcy proceedings in 1984. The brewer, a former client of Landau Associates, charged that President Robert Landau spent $2 million of Miller's promotional money on cocaine, racehorses and other personal expenses. Landau has denied the allegations...
...Bulldogs will be looking for revenge tonight. The Elis will be also seeking revenge for two losses (against one win) to the Big Red earlier this year. Cornell slammed Yale, 5-3, at the early-season British Columbia Tournament and 6-3 in New Haven, Conn., before falling in overtime, 5-4, in Ithaca, N.Y., late in February...
Webster led the team in scoring with an 11.6 p.p.g. average and also paced the Crimson with 22 double figure performances. The Monroe, Conn. native hit for a career high (and team season high) 25 points against Holy Cross in an early-season loss. The 5-ft., 11-in. guard added 67 steals and 47 assists to Harvard's cause this year...