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Judge Jack Weinstein hammered out the settlement at federal district court in Brooklyn, N.Y., shortly before dawn of the day that jury selection was scheduled to begin. The seven corporate defendants-Dow Chemical, Monsanto, Uniroyal. Diamond Shamrock, Hercules, T.H. Agriculture and Nutrition and the now defunct Thompson Chemical-denied any liability for the veterans' illnesses: their position was that Agent Orange had not caused the health problems and that they had merely manufactured the defoliant according to the military's instructions. Nonetheless, the companies agreed to place $180 million into a fund that will be used to compensate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winning Peace with Honor | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

...Shanghai, 1935. Presenting Miss Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) and her pan-Asian chorus line in a delicious rendition of Cole Porter's Anything Goes-in Mandarin Chinese! At a nearby table, Professor Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is haggling for his life with a trio of Chinese gangsters: the diamond in his possession in return for a vial containing the antidote to a poison he has just swallowed. Gong! another production number commences, with Indy and Willie scrambling on the floor to find the antidote and the diamond among flying ice cubes, bullets, balloons and feet as the chorus giddily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Keeping the Customer Satisfied | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

What does ECAC champion Maine (30-17) have that EIBL titlist Harvard doesn't? Most important, to the NCAA at least, is a baseball stadium Mahaney Diamond drew more than 5000 paid spectators for last year's tournament. The Crimson's Soldiers Field location couldn't seat...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: ECAC Champ Maine to Host Batmen In NCAA Northeast Regional Tourney | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

Thirty-six teams (25 conference champs and 11 at-large selections) will compete in eight regionals, with the winner of each advancing to the College World Series at Omaha. Neb Two of the regionals will have six entrants instead of four, but because Mahaney Diamond has no lights, the Northeast Regional can only be a four-team affair...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: ECAC Champ Maine to Host Batmen In NCAA Northeast Regional Tourney | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

...nose of back-up-infielder Mike Pakalnis Tuesday. He'll be back Saturday, too. As a result junior T.J. Andre played second... The NCAA will select a site for the Northeast Regional after the rest of the entrants qualify Last year's tourney, held at Maine's Mahaney Diamond, drew more than 5000 paying spectators, it Maine wins the ECAC New England division, it will likely host the tournament again. "The NCAA likes to select a site where they'll draw." Crimson Coach Alex Nahigian said. Last year Nahigian told his team on its spring break Florida trip that...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Baseball Wins Pair To Clinch League Title | 5/10/1984 | See Source »

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