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...their lissome 5-ft. 8-in. ace, the Chinese tennis team scored an upset victory over the Japanese in the first round of the 32-nation Federation Cup in Santa Clara, Calif. In the second round, however, as expected, West Germany beat China. The team disappeared from the competition. And Hu Na, 19, disappeared from the team. She was, in fact, defecting to the U.S. For American immigration officials. Hu's decision put the ball in their court with a tricky bit of backspin, since approval of her request will imply a certain level of political persecution back home...
...friendliness and unity of the area came out last week when Clara Vecchiarella closed Gus's Meat Market after 70 years in business. Residents and merchants gathered at her shop, bringing food, music and gifts. The event's highlight came when Vellucci delivered a nostalgic oration, reminiscing about how he bought food at the shop when he was a young...
...climax of the affair came last week after a group of eager, albeit edgy employees of Hitachi Ltd., Japan's fourth largest computer maker, arranged to wire $495,000 into the bank account of Glenmar Associates, a Santa Clara, Calif., electronics consulting firm. The money was actually intended as a clandestine payment for confidential information on some of the newest and most powerful computers made by International Business Machines, Hitachi's chief American rival (Hitachi had $1.4 billion in computer revenues last year, IBM $24 billion). But when Hitachi Senior Engineer Kenji Hayashi and two colleagues showed...
...Clara Y. Bingham '85, who is joining Tiedemann's group, learned about Southwestern through Tiedemann, who is an old friend. She describes Southwestern as "a word-of-mouth network within the country," adding that recruiters "seduce you into selling." After attending the sales school in late May. Bingham says her team will be assigned to an area in the West. Every Sunday they will meet for a "pow-wow" to compare experiences and successes Describing Southwestern as a "capitalistic cult." Bingham says she will sell the books "partly for the money and partly for the adventure...
Beverly Silverman Santa Clara, Calif...