Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BOSTON--The Reagan administration has asked Congress to delay paying the federal share of a $4.5 million settlement that would end a century-old land dispute with Wampanoag Indians living on the Massachusetts resort island of Martha's Vineyard...
...Kerr-McGee hoped its $1.38 million settlement with Silkwood's heirs had lifted the cloud of controversy from its operations, the furor that erupted last week dashed that hope. A spate of news reports revealed that Sequoyah has for more than a decade, with Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval, been converting radioactive wastewater, called raffinate, into fertilizer and spraying it over company-owned fields. Hay grown on the fields has then been sold as feed to farmers and ranchers. Nearby residents charge that the fertilizer may be contaminating the Arkansas River and the water table near the Oklahoma-Arkansas border...
...borough of Queens, who killed himself last year as the net tightened around him, and Cultural Affairs Commissioner Bess Myerson, Koch's ever present companion during his first race for mayor in 1977. The former Miss America faces trial for bribing a judge to reduce the divorce settlement of her lover Carl Capasso, a rich sewer contractor now serving four years in prison for income tax evasion...
Perhaps. While the market may have been buoyed by the settlement, losers still outnumbered gainers on the New York Stock Exchange last Friday, and the Dow was only 10% above its Oct. 19 abyss. Many Wall Streeters regarded the budget plan as too little too late. "We would have been better off if the talks hadn't even happened," declared John Paulus, a managing director and chief economist at Morgan Stanley. "The difficulty in reaching an agreement shows a lack of determination, a lack of discipline and a lack of leadership in Washington." Steven Einhorn, portfolio strategist at Goldman Sachs...
...finger. Mason, on a roll, furiously responded, "Here's a finger for you!" Next morning the stone-faced master of ceremonies informed the press that he was "sick to my stomach" about Mason's on-camera crudities and canceled the comedian's $45,000 contract. An out-of-court settlement got Jackie back on the show but could not restore his reputation. Says Mason: "All of a sudden people started to think I was some kind of sick maniac. It took 20 years to overcome what happened in one minute...