Word: openings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...breach-of-contract suit. Free-Lance Writer Martha Thomas sold an article to the paper's Sunday magazine telling the inside story of a rape trial. Thomas interviewed the defense lawyer on condition that her name not appear. But Star Tribune editors insisted that, because the trial was open to the public, it was fair to name names. Late last week the newspaper pulled all 625,000 copies of its Sunday magazine rather than risk litigation. Considering Cohen's victory, that seemed a prudent move...
...investment company owned by Roy Disney, Walt's nephew, had been secretly accumulating Polaroid stock. At the same time, Shamrock sent letters to Polaroid's management proposing to buy the whole company. But Polaroid refused the offer, unveiling its restructuring plan instead. Last week the battle burst into the open, as Shamrock made a hostile $2.68 billion...
...many as 2 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals die every year after eating or becoming entangled in the debris. Sea turtles choke on plastic bags they mistake for jellyfish, and sea lions are ensnared when they playfully poke their noses into plastic nets and rings. Unable to open their jaws, some sea lions simply starve to death. Brown pelicans become so enmeshed in fishing line that they can hang themselves. Says Kathy O'Hara of the Center for Environmental Education in Washington: "We have seen them dangling from tree branches in Florida...
Whatever the precise cause, trouble begins when the level of pollutants in the water overwhelms the capacity of estuaries to assimilate them. The overtaxed system, unable to absorb any more nutrients or contaminants, simply passes them along toward bays and open coastal areas. "When the system is working," says Maurice Lynch, a biological oceanographer at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, "it can take a lot of assault. But when it gets out of whack, it declines rapidly...
Boil, boil, toil and trouble...at Jamaica Pond's One-Act extravaganza--"Sinister Acts: An Evening of Creepy Plays". Presented by the Open Door Theater, the spine tingling evening includes Larry Blamire's "The Ha'nt", Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery", and Martin Epstein's "Mysteries of the Bridal Night". Performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. through August 27. Tickets are $8. Call 524-2980 for more details...