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...federal jury ruled that Exxon Corp. must pay $286.8 million to 10,000 commercial fishermen for loss of income from the 1989 spill in Prince William Sound. The compensation is far less than the $895 million demanded by the fisherman but more than double what Exxon said it was willing to pay: $113 million. Now, it's on to the final stage of lawsuits in connection with the spill. Up next: a $15 billion claim for punitive damages against Exxon, which will include the commercial fishermen, Native Eskimos and others...
...people: "It's like in sexual relations," he explained. "You have to be in harmony." Wednesday: Was said by a Russian newspaper to have filed suit against local political opponents who, he claimed, had insulted his dignity and honor. Thursday: Accused European Council members of stealing his hat -- a fisherman's cap -- from a guarded cloakroom. Friday: Revealed that "World War III started on April 11, when NATO bombed Bosnian Serbs. This date must be remembered for future historic references." The bombing actually began on April...
...jobs and upend their lives to satisfy a moment of sexual curiosity. Within minutes the pair are rocketed into abiding love. Then the hyperkinetic narrative is suspended for about 20 minutes to accommodate a folksy dance number and a comic song in which the only joke is that a fisherman smells like fish. The action alternates between aimless divertissement and melodrama for an overblown three hours. At the end, the central character -- a petty crook named Billy Bigelow (Hayden) who kills himself rather than face capture by the police -- returns to earth as a prospective angel to save his adolescent...
Benitez should have left the book as a jigsaw puzzle of touching, observant portraits of characters with charming names: Candelario Marroquin, the salad-maker who loses his job when he makes a tragic, comically botched Caesar salad, Fulgencio Llanos the photographer, Rafael Beltran the teacher, Cesar Burgos the fisherman. The theme of funny little people with funny little lives and little dreams--Marta Rodriguez, a chambermaid in a hotel, dreams of leaving Mexico for El Paso and working in a house--was strong enough to sustain the story...
Besides such boneheaded lyricism, Keillor's men are capable only of the primal and sweaty masculine emotions: jealous violence and libidinous desire. This vision of New Age Man jars: a proudly belching bass fisherman, at peace with his clueless self...