Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...idea that the P.L.O. has rejected in the past. Hussein warned Arafat that the Palestinians might be forced to accept something like confederation, despite their desire for a separate nation. Arafat was told by Hussein and West Bank leaders that he had little time to lose: the Israeli settlement program in the West Bank was in effect annexing the area...
...lawyers are claiming that without the deleted language they cannot approve the settlement terms. I call Anthony Solomon, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and ask him to instruct his attorneys to sign the agreement. He is at home. We connect him through State Department radiotelephone circuits to his lawyers in Algiers...
...they refused, began commandeering school buildings for use as makeshift jails to confine groups of teachers during the day. When an intransigent board of education failed to produce a quorum for a crucial bargaining session, the judge pressured board members to negotiate with the union. The final three-year settlement for the teachers represents yearly pay increases of from...
...workers have gone two years without a pay boost of any kind, and they now make about $2.50 an hour less than their counterparts at Ford and General Motors. Instead of granting an immediate raise, however, the rejected pact called for wage hikes tied to future Chrysler profits. The settlement would also have restored a cost of living adjustment that would have taken effect in December and added about 500 an hour to the average worker's pay by the end of the contract...
...climb to $5.5 million if she lives to be 78, as her doctors say she could. Soon she and her parents will also collect $1.2 million, of which $650,000 will go to their lawyer. The $122 million package, agreed to by both sides, is known as a structured settlement, and it offers something for everyone. The plaintiff escapes the risk of mismanaging a lump-sum payment and owes no taxes on the annuities. The defendant, or his insurer, ends up paying relatively modest amounts if, as often happens, the plaintiff dies early. And such settlements sound so generous. Actually...