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...following season was the first of the 15 years that Rose hit .300 or better, the first of his ten seasons with 200 hits or more, a feat unmatched even by Cobb. Last season, throughout major league baseball, only four men accumulated 200 hits. Looking at Rose's and Cobb's distinction the simplest way, all anyone must do to gather 4,191 hits is to come up with 200 a year for 20 years and then get 191 more. Against this standard last week, the 3,000th hit of seven-time Batting Champion Rod Carew, 39, splendid...
...call; when he hangs up he is angry and ready to sue. What began as a "golden opportunity for the press" ends up as one for a lawyer. This is the conclusion of three professors at the University of Iowa after studying nearly 900 libel suits filed over a ten-year period...
...money, the Iowa study showed (though their lawyers, often hired for a contingency fee, ask for large sums). They sue "to correct the record and to get even." Most tend to be public officials highly visible in their community. Their chance of winning in court is only one in ten. They persist against these odds because they want vindication...
...actual truth or falsity of that which was published is rarely addressed," the Iowa study says. The harm done to the plaintiff's reputation "is even more rarely explored." Nine times out of ten, after going to tremendous expense, the newspaper wins but often on grounds that seem a technicality to the public. In the Lakian case, the truth was addressed, and Lakian was unable to rebut the strongest charges made by the paper. Still, he claimed vindication. Few plaintiffs any longer "sue to win," the Iowa study concludes, "they win by suing...
Says Adams of the experience: "We really didn't know if anyone would consent to be photographed, but once the word got around, we got amazing cooperation." For one thing, Adams' sessions never took more than ten minutes. "In fact," he says, "the Prime Ministers of Britain, Italy and China [Margaret Thatcher, Bettino Craxi and Zhao Ziyang] all showed up at the same time, and we took three different sets of portraits in 15 minutes...