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Alandowner entered into a written agreement with a real estate broker whereby the broker would receive a commission of 10% of the sale price if he procured a "ready, willing, and able buyer" for the landowner's property and if the sale actually proceeded through closing. the broker found a buyer who agreed in writing to buy the property from the landowner for $100,000, the landowner's asking price. the buyer put up $6,000 as a down payment. the agreement between the landowner and the buyer contained a liquidated damages clause providing that, if the buyer defaulted by failing to tender the balance due of $94,000 at the closing date, damages would be 10% of the purchase price. the landowner included that clause because she was counting on using the proceeds of the sale for a business venture that would likely net her at least $10,000. the buyer became seriously ill and defaulted. when he recovered, he demanded that the landowner return his $6,000, and the landowner refused. the broker also demanded the $6,000 from the landowner and was refused. the broker and the buyer filed separate suits against the landowner, with the buyer pleading impossibility of performance. the two cases are consolidated into a single case. how should the court rule as to the disposition of the $6,000?

Astudent finds data on an internet site that contains financial information about selected companies. he plans to analyze the data and use the results to develop a stock investment strategy. what kind of data source is he using? what concerns might you have about drawing conclusions from this data set?

Just like a lot of other americans, john wayne died of cancer. but is there more to this story? in 1955, wayne was in utah shooting a film. across the state line, in nevada, the united states military was testing atomic bombs. radioactive fallout from those tests drifted across the filming location. a total of 46 of the 220 people working on the film eventually died of cancer. cancer experts estimate that one would expect only about 30 cancer deaths in a group this size. is the death rate among the movie crew unusually high? does this prove that exposure to radiation increases the risk of cancer?