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Horowitz arrived at the morning appointment that had become a lunch date 30 minutes late, but took the time to lock his new calculator--an $800 model from Hewlett-Packard that can run a computer program--deep in his trunk, pushing aside neatly arranged tools and a box of his own microphones, still in his car since Yo Yo Ma's last concert. Horowitz tapes many of the cellist's concerts, using equipment he designed and built himself, as he has become good friends with Ma. In college Horowitz played a little cello himself--he was better at building metronomes...
...single-price system reflects the belief that oil-country governments will soon take over lock, stock and barrel the wells on their territories. Principal reason for that feeling: Saudi Arabian and American owners of Aramco, the consortium that pumps out Saudi oil, recently agreed in principle on a 100% Saudi buy-out (the Saudis now own 60%). Negotiations in London on the details of the deal recessed last week, but it seems likely that in the end the Saudi government will have paid some $2 billion for Aramco. The chief questions still to be negotiated are how much the Saudi...
Buckley holds out the hope that social changes can reduce both the use of handguns and the need for them. Many gun owners, on the other hand, say that since crime is inevitable, the only way to make society safe is to lock the criminals away and, of course, to tote a handgun--the great "equalizer"--for self-defense...
...odds are that the immature mother and the unwanted infant will emerge from the experience with serious psychological scars." A letter in my files from a young father strongly suggests that the out-of-wed-lock father probably ought to be included in this conclusion...
...Lock up credit cards and check books...