Word: suits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...male social club located at 45 Mt. Auburn St., cut off from Harvard in the summer of 1984, faces a costly civil suit filed in Suffolk Superior Court last August charging it with negligence...
...suit, filed by a 20-year old former North-eastern University student who claims she was raped at a club party, charges that the club did not adequately supervise its 1988 Harvard-Yale football game party and did not ensure the safety of its guests...
...life of poverty as a graduate student doesn't suit me," he says...
...using the Everglades to promote his political fortunes. "All we are asking is that the state of Florida abide by what is already on the books." To comply, however, the state will have to take on the powerful sugar lobby. While not a defendant, sugar is clearly the suit's target. For Florida to meet Lehtinen's water-purity standards, farmers would have to convert at least 40,000 acres into marshes to filter their pollution. Instead, the sugar industry has questioned the U.S. Attorney's motives and disputed his scientists' data. "The first question is, Which sugar mill will...
...water-management district is also angry. John Wodraska, the district director, claims that the lawsuit is a nuisance that only delays his staff from working on a plan to save the Everglades. Moreover, the suit is costing a fortune in both state and federal funds. Beyond the Justice Department's considerable expenses, the water district's board has spent $980,000 on legal fees and expects to dole out at least $175,000 more a month. Yet a majority of board members seem as recalcitrant as the farmers. "If ((Lehtinen)) wants to fight, let's go ahead," said board member...