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...taste and texture are somewhere between beef and fish." MIKU OH, chain manager of Lucky Pierrot, a group of Japanese restaurants that has started selling whale burgers. Japan's attempts to overturn the long-standing ban on commercial whale hunting met with failure at last week's meeting of the International Whaling Commission, but Japanese whalers will continue to harvest whales in the name of scientific research...
Pennzoil will not get rich right away. On Dec. 5, Judge Solomon Casseb, who presided over the trial, will review the jury's decision. He could uphold, overturn or reduce the award. Texaco has vowed to fight his decision if it does not get a favorable judgment, and the case could eventually go to the Supreme Court. Whatever the outcome, last week's ruling is likely to make companies and corporate raiders more cautious about the tactics used in megabuck merger negotiations. --By Gordon M. Henry. Reported by Dean Brelis/New York and Gary Taylor/Houston
...that he wanted to run for one of the nine spots on the City Council in 1971 because he was frustrated with the appointment of Cambridge’s school superintendent, and wanted to oust him from office. On the School Committee, he did not have the power to overturn the appointment, but he felt that if the CCA got a majority on the council, they could eventually replace the superintendent...
...Supreme Court’s move further delays the implementation of the appellate panel’s ruling. In January, the Third Circuit, siding with a Justice Department motion, agreed that its decision to overturn the Solomon Amendment would not go into effect until after the justices weighed in on the issue. Thus HLS—which reinstated its rule limiting campus military recruitment in the aftermath of the Third Circuit ruling—technically stands in violation of the Solomon Amendment, which currently remains on the books...
...same predicament. One Florida attorney told friends he had just drafted a new living will that included the words "I really, really, really mean this," and a Democratic political consultant says without joking that her new living will is going to include the words "Congress cannot overturn this by any legislation." Of course, having a living will doesn't guarantee it won't be contested. In a Bucks County, Pa., court this week, a daughter hopes to prevent her mother from having a feeding tube put into her Alzheimer's-afflicted father against the express wishes of his living will...