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Litigation

Mar. 22, 2002

Fear of the Unknown

Dicta Column - By Douglas G. Carnahan - In the movie "City Slickers," there is a scene in which the three "urban cowboys" compare notes on the best days and the worst days of their lives. Billy Crystal's playboy sidekick says that the day he stood up to his abusive father and kicked him out of the house was both the best and the worst day of his life. The other two heroes are left wondering how a thing could be both best and worst.

        Dicta Column
        
        By Douglas G. Carnahan

        In the movie "City Slickers," there is a scene in which the three "urban cowboys" compare notes on the best days and the worst days of their lives. Billy Crystal's playboy sidekick says that the day he stood up t...

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