Word: settlements
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...that same Foreign Affairs article, Huntington wrote, "The realities of the situation in Vietman will not please the extremists on either side. If properly perceived and accepted, however, they may provide some basis for accommodation and an eventual compromise settlement." The presumption of what "will not please the extremists" belongs to pop psychology and is a rhetorical thrust which scholars can evaluate in light of the above false evaluation of Vietcong strength, for instance. Who are the "extremists," by the way? Huntington does not specify. He also states...
...British arrived in 1795 and seized the Cape Town settlement with no real justification except that they wanted to deny the strategic site to France's India trade. But even after the defeat of Napoleon, the British stayed on. They subjected the pioneering Afrikaners to the discomforts of British law, including a ban on slavery...
...court that's handling this bankruptcy hasrecommended a settlement that would settle allclaims at about 30 cents on the dollar," Ryansaid, adding that the money will be used to defraythe costs of replacing the material...
...this case, Harvard is "not suing for anyparticular dollar amount. The class as a whole issuing for the cost of replacing the asbestos,"Ryan said. If the universities win their case, aclaim settlement center would be set up toreimburse the schools as they incur replacementcosts, he said
...there is a substantial disincentive to keep the two sides from coming to terms too easily: the possibility of shareholder lawsuits if a prospective settlement is deemed too generous to either side. In conversations with TIME, Pennzoil's Liedtke said fear of just such litigation played a role in his rejection of Texaco settlement offers that he thought were inadequate. Joked Liedtke: "If we took what they offered, I would have sued myself." On the other side, major Texaco shareholders have indicated that they would be unhappy with any settlement payout that exceeded $1 billion...