If some elements of the settlements are virtually imperishable, long-term visibility may be reduced by the 'delayed curation' and natural decay, the latter due to the strong winds that tend to bury large items and heavy artifacts and disperse lighter ones.
Among the elements of a settlement still to be resolved is which Alliance executives, if any, will be included, people briefed on the talks said.
Those lawyers, Payam Shahian of Los Angeles and Robert Starr of Woodland Hills, Calif., did not respond to a request for clarifications of the basic elements of the settlement.
The program and other elements of the settlement pact were sanctions imposed after a federal appeals court found that Microsoft had violated antitrust laws by repeatedly abusing its monopoly power.
Among the basic elements of the settlement: Reimbursement "for certain C.V.T. transmission repairs" that occurred or will occur within 10 years or 100,000 miles of the original sale or lease of the vehicle.
Jack B. Siegel, a Chicago lawyer who follows nonprofit cases, praised some elements of the settlement, including that "the person who is the lightning rod isn't going to be there anymore," and that the governance changes coming to Stevens were "impressive".
Additionally, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has said it will revoke $7.4 million in money allocated to Westchester and send it elsewhere if the county does not take steps to comply with at least two elements of the settlement by the same date.
The group that filed the suit, the Anti-Discrimination Center, which is based in New York City, sent a report to Mr. Johnson describing the county's implementation plan as a "prescription for failure" and said Westchester was "brazenly refusing to comply with critical elements of its settlement order obligations".
The money that Mr. Fields refers to--$4 million--was in addition to the other more important elements of the settlement.
The Microsoft Corporation said this evening that it planned to carry out certain elements of its antitrust settlement with the Justice Department, even as a Federal District Court judge deliberates whether to accept the settlement or impose more stringent terms requested by nine state attorneys general.
Mr. McNealy and Steven P. Jobs, the chairman of Apple Computer, were read elements of the proposed settlement and expressed their dissatisfaction to some government officials.
