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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mergers and acquisitions have become commonplace in the U.S. oil business during the past few years, but the drama that unfolded last week as Occidental Petroleum and Diamond Shamrock first announced, then canceled, a $3.3 billion marriage was one of a kind. Negotiated in a rush, then abandoned, the deal hurt both companies, leaving each vulnerable to a takeover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jilted | 1/21/1985 | See Source »

Judge Jack Weinstein hammered out the settlement at federal district court in Brooklyn, N.Y., shortly before dawn of the day that jury selection was scheduled to begin. The seven corporate defendants-Dow Chemical, Monsanto, Uniroyal. Diamond Shamrock, Hercules, T.H. Agriculture and Nutrition and the now defunct Thompson Chemical-denied any liability for the veterans' illnesses: their position was that Agent Orange had not caused the health problems and that they had merely manufactured the defoliant according to the military's instructions. Nonetheless, the companies agreed to place $180 million into a fund that will be used to compensate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winning Peace with Honor | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

...Irishman worth his bonnet would think of celebrating St. Patrick's Day without a shamrock. Least of all the 700 lads of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, serving with the British Army of the Rhine in West Germany. Since 1965, the happy task of bringing a bit o' the green to the boys of the brigade has gone to Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. This year was no exception. To the stirring strains of the regimental band's bag pipes, fifes and drums, the Queen Mum presented her troops with fresh sprigs of three-leaf clover, which they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 2, 1984 | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

Besides Dow, which was the Government's main supplier, the defendants in the Agent Orange case include the Monsanto Co. of St. Louis, the Diamond Shamrock Corp. of Dallas, Uniroyal Inc. of Middlebury, Conn., and T.H. Agriculture and Nutrition Co. Inc. of Kansas City. The case, now in pretrial hearings, is not expected to go before a jury until next year. "It's been all cloak and dagger," says ex-Navyman Sutton, "but I think the truth is finally coming out." No doubt, but some truths may continue to prove elusive: while scientific studies have shown that dioxin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Longer So Secret an Agent | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

With a green Viking hat on his head, a shamrock on his cheek, and a banner in his hand. Dave Borgman, a hefty man in his mid-30s, was the consummate MSU fan. The Harvard hat impaled on the horn of his headpiece was the finishing touch...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Spartan Supporters | 3/19/1983 | See Source »

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