Editorial: Curb Liability Costs With Legislation
Editorial argues rising liability insurance prices threaten services and professions. It cites permissive courts, aggressive lawyers, and insurers, urging liability reform. Proposals include loser pays, cap on punitive and pain damages, and cap on contingency fees to restore balance and reduce premiums.
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United States
Chapman
War powers clash over Libya strikes and Grenada action
The piece argues Congress must not be drawn into every military action by presidents. It notes the War Powers Resolution limits troop deployments to 60 days without approval, while urging careful confines on congressional consultation. It warns that requiring full involvement risks dangerous policy shaping and constitutional overreach.
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Congress
Harry Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Vietnam
Reagan
Grenada
Libya
Khadafy
Nicaragua
Portugal
U.S
Digital versus progress in a digitized world
A skeptical view of digital innovations cites car dashboards, on board computers, digital TV remotes, digital watches and radios as distractions and overeager dependences. The writer laments reliance on buttons and digits while calling for tangible real life actions like pressing crossing buttons and coin returns.
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Channel 2
Baltimore
Federal appeals panel upholds cigarette warning notices
A Philadelphia federal panel ruled that required health warnings on all cigarette packs adequately notify smokers of risks, asserting smokers who proceed anyway bear responsibility. Attorneys for a smoking plaintiff plan to appeal as dozens of similar suits await resolution, while lawyers push for liability due to addictiveness and danger.
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Ronald Reagan
Stephen Chapman
Philadelphia
Secret Reagan White House SALT II limits scrapped revealed
A secret White House report confirms four years ago both Washington and Moscow agreed to ignore SALT II numerical limits on nuclear arsenals. The disclosure recounts Soviet noncompliance and administrative obfuscation, noting three distinct periods of varying obligations since the treaty.
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Washington
White House
Ronald Reagan
United States
Soviet Union
Reagan
Teagan
Fourth Estate
Moscow
Congress
U.S
Ussr
Questioning U.S. Firms Ties to Libyan Oil
A column questions why five U.S. companies Occidental Petroleum Marathon Oil Conoco Amerada Hess and W R Grace operate as middlemen for Libya's Khadafy while Washington bombs Libyan targets. It cites Rep David Obey criticizing subsidizing terrorism and notes profits may total around 100 million yearly, with estimates of Libyan oil revenues dropping yet still sustaining the regime.
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Ronald Reagan
United States
Libya
Muammar Khadafy
U.S
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Marathon Oil Co
W.R. Grace & Co
Conoco Inc
Amerada Hess Corp
Khad
Sandy Grady
Knight-Ridder
Khadafy
Treasury
State
Henry Schuler
Middle East
Georgetown University
Treasury Department
Occidental Petroleum
Childen
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