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...asbestos, the industrial scourge of the past century, bounce back into this one? In 1982 Johns-Manville declared bankruptcy, thwarting thousands of lawsuits on behalf of plaintiffs sickened by asbestos exposure. Two state supreme courts, New Jersey's in 1982 and Louisiana's in 1986, set crucial precedents by determining that defendant Manville was liable for asbestos-related illnesses even if the company had not been aware of the substance's danger. Two years later, the trust was established from the company's assets, and officials predicted that 80,000 to 100,000 people would file claims against...
Southeastern-located possibilities include North Carolina, South Carolina, Old Dominion and Louisiana Tech. Florida International, a team with an RPI of 13, is an outside possibility, but the Golden Panthers have gotten minimal recognition from the polls and are unlikely to get much NCAA recognition because they only have two wins over Top 50 teams...
...Britney, she is certainly comfortable on camera, and her Stepford radiance is easy on the eyes. But Tamra Davis' movie stinks. It's about three Louisiana teens--the geek, the freak and the princess--and Britney plays the geek. Escorted by a dude with 'tude (Anson Mount), they go West in search of stardom, performing their sassy act in bars and discovering that sisterhood is booty-full...
...last set at Brown Sugar, a popular jazz haunt; call (886-2) 2322-4677 for reservations. There's no cover charge?just a $13 minimum on weekends, which six of us put toward a bottle of Johnny Walker Black Label priced at only $80. We watch a sultry Louisiana jazz singer whisk the crowd into a merry meringue with a version of Teresa Teng's The Moon Represents My Heart, then, sated with food, drink and song, we roll back to the hotel...
...understand Brendan Benson’s current situation is to understand his past, and to understand his past is to understand upheaval. After spending childhood pinballing between his birthplace of Detroit and Louisiana, Benson eventually settled in Oakland, California, where in the mid-1990s he was discovered by Virgin Records and signed to a multi-album deal. Benson’s 1996 debut, Mississippi One, fell into the familiar rut of being critically acclaimed but commercially shunned, due in part to troubles with the record company. His first record has gone out of print, but since its release, Benson...