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...club for his fantasy creatures to join. Called the Davidsbund, it was sup posed to combat the philistines of the music world. (For a time, readers thought that the group actually existed.) Schumann also made up imaginary women, especially during his long, arduous court ship of his wife Clara. Three of the four couples who make up the ballet (Suzanne Farrell and Jacques D'Amboise, Heather Watts and Peter Martins, Kay Mazzo and Ib Andersen) are doubtless members in good standing of Schumann's magic cir cle. The fourth pair, Karin von Aroldingen and Adam Lüders...
...light electronics companies clustered in Santa Clara County's famed Silicon Valley flourish along with the aerospace industry. But after flashing into the age of microprocessors during the past decade, the microchip industry is drawing up its wagons, wondering if it can withstand an onslaught from the Orient. Warns Hewlett-Packard President John Young: "The Japanese are learning how the game is played and how it's scored...
...moment, however, Silicon Valley has more close-to-home problems, like attracting young computer geniuses who will pay California housing prices. The median price of a home in the Santa Clara Valley is now $97,500, and the chronic shortage of houses statewide has been worsened by the recent slump in construction and home loans. Laments California Builder Nathan Shapell: "New single-family homes will be for those selected...
...keep their industry forging ahead, Japanese semiconductor firms are investing heavily. Large and financially solid companies like Nippon Electric and Toshiba are already either taking over existing U.S. semiconductor firms or else setting up plants in the heart of the industry in Santa Clara County's "silicon valley," southeast of San Francisco. Japan's ten largest chip makers plan in 1980 to spend $610 million, vs. $476 million last year, to boost production. While American firms have shipped much of their semiconductor production to countries where labor is inexpensive and work can be done by hand, the Japanese...
...another athletic credit scandal, the student newspaper at the University of Santa Clara in Santa Clara, Calif., reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice and a New Mexico grand jury are investigating charges that athletes at the University of New Mexico received academic credit for non-credit extension courses offered by the University of Santa Clara...