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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Named for its lead plaintiff, a retired schoolteacher, the case was originally filed in Boone County, Mo., where the spill occurred. But Carr refiled it, over Monsanto's objection, in St. Clair County, Ill., where the chemical was made. He was well aware that juries have been generous there. Complains Monsanto Lawyer David Snively: "St. Clair is renowned as a plaintiff's paradise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Illinois: The Longest Jury Trial Drones On | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...film's ludicrous content. Credit must also go to William Hjortsberg, whose novel Falling Angel Parker adapted. Surely the author must be held responsible for such linguistic masterworks as Harry Angel, Louis Cyphre (as DeNiro states, "Mephistopheles is a mouthful in Manhattan) and Epiphany Proudfoot as well as the generous amount of scenes set in or around places of worship. One can easily see what attracted Parker to this work. No pulled punches anywhere--it's a veritable primer of platitudes...

Author: By Joseph D. Penachio, | Title: Peeping With Parker | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

...charitable lot, and they will forgive this president his sins, even if they revise their opinion of him. They will forgive, if they haven't already forgotten, his self-contradictions or outright lies about trading arms for hostages, not to mention the policy itself (although history may be less generous...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: By Reason of Inanity | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...federal government subsidizes most undergraduate loans to begin with. Who better, then, to alleviate the debt burdens of students who are understandably wary of acting on their generous impulse to teach, counsel, feed, entertain or just plain help society's less fortunate members...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: Dissenting Opinion | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

Whatever the size of the business, American space companies may need some kind of federal assistance to stay in the race. Space programs are matters of national prestige, and all foreign space operators enjoy generous government subsidies. Help from Washington might take the form of giving American firms preference on Government launch business and space-support services...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blast-Off For Profits | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

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