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...away the specter of Norwood "Woody" Wilner, who to date has won the only cash award from a tobacco company, a $750,000 judgment from Brown & Williamson for another Jacksonville smoker who developed lung cancer. That case, as well as this one, is on appeal. Afterward, a tearful Dana Raulerson, who led the suit on behalf of her sister Jean Connor, described her reaction: "Honestly, what went through my mind was how magnificent the tobacco companies are. They kill 170,000 people a year and six people can't see that. They're magnificent." Yes, said Wall Street. They sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Day for Big Tobacco | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

After an hour, most of the boats had given up and turned back to port. The rest wished they had. Owner-Driver John Raulerson and a crewman had to be pulled off his wallowing, 33-ft. Tin Fish by the Coast Guard (at week's end the empty boat was still floating somewhere in the Gulf Stream). World Champion Dick Bertram didn't even have time to radio for help. Brave Moppie was blasting along at 50 m.p.h. in second place, behind Thunderbird, when disaster struck. "A red warning light suddenly went on, meaning water in the bilge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Powerboat Racing: Madness off Miami | 3/4/1966 | See Source »

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