Word: maryland
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...counting on is the growing evidence that even if Dole stays lucky he will have trouble winning the 996 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination before the convention. According to intricate computer models by Steve Grand of Wilson Communications, if Dole wins Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, most of Maryland, all of Maine, all of Vermont, half of New York, half of Missouri, most of Florida, half of Texas, two-thirds of Illinois, half of Michigan, all of Ohio and almost all of Wisconsin, he still arrives in California with only 634 delegates. Even if he does better than these models...
...tobacco companies to recoup the Medicaid dollars spent treating smoking-related illness involves possible monetary settlements--and legal fees--so huge that anti-tobacco litigation is now attracting the top guns of tort law. To date, five states--Florida, Minnesota, Mississippi, West Virginia and Massachusetts--have filed such suits. Maryland plans to join the fray soon, and Texas may follow. In most states, prestigious private firms have agreed to bear all costs of litigation, hoping to recoup those, and much more, from their percentage of projected billion-dollar judgments...
...taxpayers of his state, I am not going to file as a matter of principle. At that point, you'd very quickly get a lot more cases filed than the industry can pay for." And the states that have filed so far are sharing documents, witnesses and strategies. Maryland attorney general J. Joseph Curran Jr., for example, says he has met with officials from 33 states who want information about launching similar suits...
Another big factor in this season was the play of freshman point guard Tim Hill. A quick player from DeMatha High in Maryland, Hill provided Harvard with its first shooting threat at point guard for many years...
...fourth) of the 996 delegates he needs to lock up the nomination. At a Washington rally, a beaming Dole read the roll call of the states that came through for him Tuesday: "Thank you Colorado, thank you Connecticut," said the Kansan as he ran through the list, which included Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Georgia and Maine. Dole's win last night was so decisive that Alexander, once considered formidable, and Lugar, who only last night broke into the double digits, withdrew from the race today and endorsed Dole. Buchanan and Forbes vowed to stay in the race. Dole also...