Word: slicking
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...mammoth slick that oozed out of the Exxon Valdez tanker into Alaska's Prince William Sound two years ago may have been tough on otters and seagulls, but it was black gold for the legal profession. The 1989 disaster generated more than 300 lawsuits. Last week the largest was settled barely a month before it was due to go to trial, as Exxon reached an agreement with Alaska and the U.S. The cost: a guilty plea to three criminal charges that the company negligently discharged crude oil into navigable waters and killed migratory wildlife, and fines that may eventually total...
Thus Exxon's oil slick, which holds the North American record for volume (11 million gal.), cleanup costs ($2.5 billion) and bad publicity, has now set a new high mark for penalty payouts -- almost 40 times as great as any previous spill. Nonetheless, one critic denounced the settlement as an inadequate "back-room deal," while company chairman Lawrence G. Rawl declared that it "will not have a noticeable effect" on Exxon's financial results. But Attorney General Dick Thornburgh said it "sends a very important signal that there are criminal consequences for this kind of activity...
...infield is anchored by last year's leading hitter, junior second baseman Jim Mrowka, who hit .305 while also leading the team in fielding with 86 assists. The other half of the Crimson's double-play tandem will most likely be Pat Hegarty, a slick-fielding shortstop who impressed in limited action last year...
Since the invention of supply-side economics, most of the slick idea packagers in American life have been conservatives who view taxes with the horror that Carry Nation once reserved for saloons. Harvard political economist Robert Reich is the rare exception, a glib and unrepentant liberal who has become -- almost by default -- the John Kenneth Galbraith of the baby- boom generation. The publication of Reich's new economic synthesis, The Work of Nations, comes in the midst of a Republican recession with record budget and troubling trade deficits. But rather than indulging in hand wringing and partisan I-told...
Three solid weeks of rehearsal under the tutelage of a professional director produced an imaginative, slick and well-oiled show. The pit orchestra, too, was smoothly integrated into the production. The result was a pretty solid cast and pretty good script leveraged into a first-rate production...