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Rounding out the awards was the honor for teaching fellows, given to Jeremy Weinstein, a doctoral student at the Kennedy School of Government and resident tutor in Winthrop House...
...Weinstein teaches sections for a little-known Core class, Social Analysis 52: "Growth and Development in Historical Perspective...
...There are very few teachers capable of keeping me awake at 9 a.m.," said one student who nominated Weinstein after taking his early-morning section of the class...
...divorce in 1996, his wife argued that she was entitled to more of his fortune, which had increased from $5 million to $11 million, and she sued. The New Jersey Superior Court eventually ruled that the agreement was "not fair and just," and the couple is renegotiating. Jeffrey Weinstein, Antonio Pacelli's lawyer, says the agreement should have been enforced because his wife signed it voluntarily. "A judge should not impose his or her standard on two people's bargain," says Weinstein...
...bold move," says TIME legal affairs writer Adam Cohen. "And it has the potential to benefit both sides." But although Weinstein's proposal would appear to be fair and beneficial to both parties, it may well end up being unworkable in the massive and varied world of tobacco-injury lawsuits. For instance, unlike previous successful class action suits, such as those involving asbestos or Agent Orange, the plaintiffs against tobacco do not all have similar cases. There are, for example, people who began smoking before warnings were issued, those who started after the warnings and those harmed by secondhand smoke...