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...Federal-era homes that natives often refer to by the name of the families who built them a century ago. They are advertised as "handyman's specials," and newcomers are dazzled by their charm and possibilities. Young homeowners cannot afford to have tradesmen restore them, so they hammer and paint in their own spare time. Conversation at backyard barbecues focuses not on which country club is the "right" one but on discoveries like Rube Goldberg plumbing in the bathroom or death-house wiring in the basement...
...front of telephone directories, are becoming increasingly important in the campaign against child abuse. One is a hot line for parents who are losing control of their emotions and on the verge of harming a child; calling anonymously, they can talk their anger out with a sympathetic listener. "Hammer on a board, count to ten, do anything, but don't hit or touch the child," they are often advised. The other is a crisis center, where the child can be sent until the crisis at home subsides. Often parents and child can meet there in a comfortable neutral atmosphere...
...months later, Hammer made his first trip. After several subsequent visits, his travels paid off. Occidental (1982 sales: $18.2 billion) has become the first U.S. company to win oil rights from the Chinese in a round of competitive bidding. By early next year, the Los Angeles-based company and a consortium of minority foreign partners expect to begin drilling on two 415-sq.-mi. tracts in the South China Sea. Said Hammer, who celebrated his success in the banquet hall of the Peking Hotel while a Chinese orchestra played Turkey in the Straw: "This is one of the largest unexplored...
...winning the contracts for Occidental, Hammer has succeeded in becoming accepted by Premier Zhao Ziyang as "China's old friend." Last year Hammer completed 2½ years of negotiations for a study that may lead to joint development of the world's largest open-pit coal mine in Shanxi province, west of Peking...
...Hammer, striking deals with Communist nations is nearly instinctive by now. He made his first trip to the Soviet Union in 1921 to help out during a typhoid epidemic. By 1925 Hammer had won a Soviet concession to manufacture writing implements. According to one source, his plant produced 72 million pencils and 95 million pens in a single year...