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...that were first manufactured there at the end of the '60s gave the region its nickname-"Silicon Valley." Growing up alongside the semiconductor companies in such towns as Sunnyvale, Los Altos and Cupertino are a host of new, high-tech industries. Says Michael Shields, a catalogue marketer in Palo Alto: "Living here is like riding in the nose cone of the space shuttle. We're riding into the future...
...that is changing. A group of companies has formed the Industrial Security Managers Group and is putting pressure on law-enforcement agencies to pursue these crimes. The FBI, Commerce Department, local police and sheriffs department are now involved in major chip-theft cases. A new private investigation firm in Palo Alto is also specializing in these high-technology crimes. Those groups hope that together they can write the final chapter in Goodbye Mr. Chips...
...causes of the catalogue boom are clear. Few things can delight shoppers weary of long lines, costly transportation and surly salespeople as much as thumbing through a richly illustrated booklet amid the comforts of home. Carol Lefcourt, a financial planner who heads a company in Palo Alto, Calif., likes to soak in a warm bubble bath while catalogue shopping. She says that she has not stepped inside a department store in 15 years...
...Monday morning they caught a 5:15 a.m. plane bound for Boston. There were tiny patches of fun during the trip, however. After the match against Stanford, the 12 squad members went to a Harvard alum's house where they ate and drank, and then they returned to the Palo Alto Hilton where they attended a party that sophomore JOE CARRABINO's family had rented several rooms for. Carrabino, who hails from the more Southern California city of Los Angeles, was followed by a clan of Carrabinos wherever he went--"It looked like Joe had developed a fan club like...
...such bank, DIALOG Information Services Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., buys reports, statistics and doctoral dissertations from some 140 different corporations, universities and even the government. When using the service, a subscriber dials a toll-free 800 number and connects his telephone receiver to a coupler device that links his office computer to the DIALOG computer. He can then transmit queries and receive the answers within seconds. Cost for such services can run as high as $300 an hour, a sum that businesses can afford much more readily than the average individual...