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Wanda: Because there's been an exciting breakthrough in prenuptials, Ralph. In the old days, people concentrated on protecting themselves financially in case of divorce. Today couples are adding life-style clauses. Sociologist Lenore Weitzman, author of The Marriage Contract, calls them blueprints for behavior...
...really, Ralph. Only the financial provisions seem to be enforceable. Barnett drew up a clause for a man who wanted his wife to remain slim, so the marriage contract said she would pay a fine if she gained weight, refundable upon weight loss. It's probably legally binding. Weitzman wants to see "liquidated damages." If the hubby is supposed to fix the plumbing and doesn't, he would have to pay the value of that service as a fine...
Pamela Jacklin, Belushi's sister-in-law, urged a prison term for Smith. "We must let the drug pushers know that the courts will not look kindly upon them. Drug dealers are merchants of misery and death." Smith knows both sides of that coin. According to her attorney, Howard Weitzman, she has been battling her addiction for years. But for Belushi, said Weitzman, Smith might have remained "just another addict...
...been administered only by Belushi himself or by someone other than Smith. She may wind up being tried on 13 counts of illegally supplying drugs, but the murder charge may not stick. Many friends watched Belushi plunge into his drug nightmare, and it is unfair, says Defense Lawyer Howard Weitzman, to single out Cathy Smith. Said he: "The guilty person, unfortunately, is dead...
...Weitzman cites Japan's economy as proof that a share system can work. In many Japanese corporations, as much as half of a worker's pay comes in the form of a bonus that is tied to the company's profits or revenues. That makes workers' annual income somewhat unpredictable, especially in bad times, but the country's unemployment rate is only 2.7%, and layoffs are rare. In addition, the Japanese have a reason to work hard and strive for quality because some of their pay is linked to the company's fortunes. Widespread use of profit sharing, says Weitzman...