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Josef Korbel ran a strict household. Routines were sacred, which meant the children were expected to be at dinner--on time. An invitation to the prom in ninth grade sparked a family fight between Albright and her father. At issue was the question of whether she could ride in her date's car. Her father decided she would ride with her date and he would follow...
DIED. ALFRED HERSHEY, 88, Nobel-prizewinning scientist who proved, by testing and stirring up viruses and bacteria in a household blender, that DNA carries genetic information; in Syosset...
...offices, is on a similar growth curve. Compaq had 1996 revenues of $18.2 billion, more than triple its annual revenues just four years earlier. The industry's next wave of growth is being propelled by falling prices that put the cost of a machine closer to that of a household appliance. Houston-based Compaq introduced its Presario 2100 for $999 in February. Others have low-priced PCs too. Now the industry is bracing for a quantum leap in demand as people who previously couldn't afford a computer rush to buy one on the notion that...
SANTA MONICA, California: O.J. Simpson was a bit more forthcoming about his income and how much he spends on household items in a Friday hearing as lawyers trying to collect a $33.5 million judgment against him investigated his finances. But Simpson still frustrated lawyers by continuing to insist that, try as he might, he just can't seem to find his Heisman Trophy. Or, for that matter, an Andy Warhol painting, not to mention $100,000 in personal loans and $72,000 from the sale of his two cars. Every time over the past year and a half that...
...first against the French and then against the Americans is still proving difficult for many people. Although the official line from the government is that the war is history, resentment, though usually kept hidden, persists. Most people do not talk about the fighting, yet nearly every family's household altar has a photograph of a relative killed in the war. Signs are everywhere that the recovery is well under way. The infamous Hanoi Hilton, where American POW's like Peterson were held and tortured, has been demolished. In its place are two office and residential towers...