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...zero interest in creating something that was realistic,” Foer said in our interview. “I just wanted to create something that a reader could really invest him or herself in, something the reader could, I don’t know...trust...
...records are better than the old 78s that could play only about one-fifth of the Fifth Symphony and cracked if you even looked at them too hard. (But now that we have thrown away all the 78s, do we really have to throw away all the LPs and invest in digital laser-beam compact superrecords...
...time Mexico has permitted a foreign high-tech firm to have 100% control of a local subsidiary. A 1973 law limits foreign ownership to 49%. In January, Mexico rejected IBM's proposal to build the plant, but the company made several concessions to get the deal. It agreed to invest $91 million over five years, instead of the $6.6 million initially planned. The firm also said that it would export 92% of the factory's production, thus easing fears among Mexican computer companies that IBM would drive them out of business. COMPUTERS Enter Amiga, Stage Center...
...says Lipstein. “We’d have to invest in some foldable chairs. It could be nice...
Bok’s letters argued against divestment from companies conducting business in apartheid South Africa but left open the possibility of “rare occasions when the very nature of a company’s business makes it inappropriate for a university to invest in the enterprise.” But by declining to set a precise standard, opting instead for malleable words like “improper” and “immoral,” Bok offered ample support for those on either side of any divestment debate...