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Time: that was the ace up Feldman's sleeve. He knew Jackson was slated to make a deposition in the civil suit on Jan. 18. The star's lawyers faced three unsavory options: let Michael talk and possibly strengthen the prosecution's case against him; have him take the Fifth Amendment and a severe public relations hit; or pay the king's ransom. All Feldman had to do was let the clock tick and the meter run up. Sure enough, Jackson's team got the deposition postponed for a week, by which time negotiations for a settlement were well advanced...
...city buildings, he believes that the Bullock's, which made up part of the mall, probably should have been retrofitted. Similar observations are being made by many regarding the numerous major highways crippled by the quake. After the area's last big temblor, in 1971, L.A. swore it would strengthen its freeway bridges. But costs slowed the project, and the legislature voted down a 2 cents-per-gal. gas tax that might have goosed it along. Infuriatingly, I-10, the most important and hardest hit of the freeways, had been scheduled for retrofitting next month...
According to Radcliffe's brochures, its new direction and goals are: "To educate and inspire women for full participation in all areas of life; to strengthen Radcliffe's role as a major center for research on and by women; to engage women in shaping policy on important societal issues...
...immediate aims, as President Clinton never tires of saying, are to boost the economy, strengthen U.S. industry, protect the environment, improve education and create jobs. The scientific resources that could be applied to that campaign are immense: more than 700 federal laboratories, hundreds of university research facilities, 2 1/2 million scientists and engineers, and a national research budget of $76 billion. But the risks, say critics, are equally immense. By putting blinders on the pursuit of knowledge, they fear, the Administration could frustrate a research community that is the envy of the world...
...days a week (a slight reduction from the old days). And corner cutters might as well not bother. Says coach Carlo Fassi, who trained Peggy Fleming, among others: "If you stop for two or three weeks, it's grueling to get into shape again." Then comes weight training to strengthen the upper body. Finally, there are ballet or jazz classes. Scott Davis, 21, rebelled against these extra lessons until his Colorado Springs-based coach, Kathy Casey, told him to pack his bags and head back home to Montana. He surrendered, and is now a two-time U.S. gold medalist...