Word: horowitz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...During the proceedings, Equitable Development Inc. of Miami Beach, which had sold some $8 million worth of notes to 700 investors, agreed not to sell any more without the state's consent. Controller Gerald Lewis is now seeking to have the firm put into receivership. Equitable President Bernard Horowitz says the state is indulging in a "witch hunt" and claims that "all land-development companies work in the same fashion...
...Horowitz replaced the microphones, carefully closed the trunk, and walked into the offices of the little firm, a manufacturer of pinholes no wider than a wavelength of light, and found that now he had to wait. The owner of the firm was on the telephone, but Horowitz didn't mind. He glanced through some brochures on laser equipment, and then stared into the rain, wondering how long it would take his dog, a Siberian husky, to dry when he returned home that evening...
...Horowitz had called the owner of the company the week before in search of a pinhole for his proton microscope, but quickly found that he knew better ways of making distortion-free pinholes than anyone else. He spent months developing his own technique when he was a graduate student working on an X-ray microscope, and though he published his method he never bothered to patent it. Now the owner wanted to learn how to make them, and hoped to hire Horowitz as a consultant...
Lunch was at a nearby sandwich house. Horowitz looked at the menu and said, "It looks like we're supposed to order The Special." The Special, a steak on bread with beer, would take a few minutes more than the sandwich his prospective partner ordered, so while the pinhole manufacturer nibbled at his food as slowly as possible, he and Horowitz made mannish talk about beers. Both gushed over the legendary Coors, bemoaning its scarcity east of the Rockies. Horowitz talked about the virtues of American draught, mentioning a few brands. The manufacturer hadn't heard of them...
...manufacturer's real gaps in knowledge became apparent when, while mopping up his plate, Horowitz changed the subject to science. He described his techniques, and patiently answered questions that were not always good. The questions would continue back at the offices, where