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...Last June, a U.S. district judge in Brooklyn lumped together more than 44 suits against 63 manufacturers in an attempt to arrive at some ground rules for dealing with such cases. More than 200 cases have been added since. Although the final outcome could take years, some liability experts predict that the ultimate payout on RSI suits could rival the $4 billion paid on asbestos-related claims...
...main object is not to predict the outcome of this election but to encourage participation in future ones. TIME shares the concerns of many in the media over the growing disaffection of many young people with the political process. "TV specials like Rock the Vote are focusing on first-time voters," says Anne Janas, who is coordinating TIME's participation. "We're taking one step back and trying to influence them earlier." Toward that end, we have prepared teacher's guides (being distributed by Xerox) to foster classroom discussion of such election issues as health care and the economy...
...calamity to strike the industry since the San Francisco earthquake and fire in 1906 (cost: $6 billion, after inflation). With claims continuing to pour in, Andrew threatens to take a painful toll on the already battered property-casualty insurance industry and its 100 million policyholders. The final bill, analysts predict, is likely to top $10 billion. While most well- capitalized insurers are expected to weather the storm, less anchored firms are in danger of being blown away, leaving consumers stuck with the tab. Says Sean Mooney, senior researcher at the Insurance Information Institute: "It will take years before the industry...
...eight million students through 10th grade, has its own poll for the disenfranchised minority. Bush took a 16 point advantage over Clinton, The New York Times reported, mostly on the strength of the kindergarten through fourth grade vote. Not since the Eisenhower Stevenson race have the youngsters failed to predict the winner. Since that was the first Weekly Reader poll, their record...
...Independents will try to distance themselves politically from Walsh, while the left-of-center Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) will try to use the incident to its political advantage, observers predict...