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Real estate has produced Abe Hirschfeld, 78, who made his fortune building parking garages. With his millions, he has tried--and failed--to win a variety of elective offices, ranging from lieutenant governor of New York to U.S. Senator as a member of, variously, the Republican, Democratic and Independent parties. Recently, he interposed himself into the Clinton sex scandal, when, uninvited, he offered to pay Paula Jones $1 million if she would drop her sexual-harassment suit against the President. A few years ago, a headline in the New York Post asked WHO IS THIS NUT? At the time, Hirschfeld...
...vindication of her own claim that Clinton made a sexual advance toward her in 1991. She then dropped her demand for an apology, a key reason why earlier settlement talks had foundered. Last Friday, after negotiations complicated by a million-dollar sweetener from eccentric New York millionaire Abe Hirschfeld, Jones settled the case for $850,000--a tidy premium over the $700,000 she sought when she brought...
...about money," it was a squabble over dollars within the Jones camp that nearly scuttled last week's deal. When the negotiations reopened last September, Jones started at $1 million and Clinton's side eventually countered with $700,000. It seemed only a matter of splitting the difference until Hirschfeld said he would pay Jones $1 million if she would drop the case...
...after fighting with husband Steve Jones and McMillan that they would quit the case; and Clinton's lawyers backed away from the whole circus. Things were stalled until last week when the newest Jones attorney, Susan's husband William McMillan, approached Bennett and agreed to put in writing that Hirschfeld's offer was off the table. The agreement says the $850,000 is the "sole consideration," meaning no other money is legally part of the deal. But Hirschfeld's attorney said last week that the $1 million is still available...
...Holograms" or"Thundercats," but you can still get your cartoonfix at Harvard. Except here they are calledcaricatures. "Drawings by Al Hirschfeld,"which closes tomorrow, features more than 60original theatrical drawings by the 95-year oldNew York Times caricaturist from the Melvin R.Seiden Collection in the Harvard TheatreCollection. It's truly, truly, truly outrageous.9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pusey Library, SheldonExhibition Rooms, Harvard Yard, 495-4387.FREE...