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...rumblings of change in motion. Eleven climbers died on the mountain in May 1992 alone. A task force was convened to review climbing rules in U.S. parks. The consensus, says Butch Farabee, a former Park Service emergency-services coordinator who chaired the group, was that "we should recoup costs. Rescuers are hanging their own rears out in the wind anytime they undertake a rescue. Some of these climbers need to be held more responsible." One proposal is that, beginning in 1994 at Denali and Washington's Mount Rainier, some sort of bonding arrangement be imposed on climbers...
...former employee had been stealing the codes to their computer programs, they brought charges against the man. But when they later found out that he had given those secrets to a spy ring that included Japanese corporate giants Mitsubishi, Nissan and Toshiba, there was little they could do to recoup the competitive advantage they had lost. The man was sentenced to six years in jail, but no action was ever brought against the Japanese companies, which claimed they did not know the information was stolen...
...other business, the council approved $4,000 for Sanders Theater Presents to partially underwrite an upcoming magic show. Sanders will reduce the price of 300 undergraduate tickets to an "Evening with Penn and Teller" from more than $20 to $10. If all 300 tickets are sold, the council will recoup...
...federal district court dismissed a lawsuit last week brought on behalf of college students seeking to recoup money lost from alleged tuition price-fixing...
...breath that the stars bring us." Instead of thinking about how to cut costs and reach a broader audience, producers who employ stars typically have to accede to higher salaries and shorter runs and thus raise ticket prices -- to a $50 top for Streetcar and Maiden -- to try to recoup faster...