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Hyatt says he's not out for great wealth, only recognition and enough royalties to fund future experimentation. That attitude is admirable -- and wise. If Hyatt pushes for too much money, he will surely face lengthy and costly litigation from scores of computer companies that will try to overturn his "single chip" patent or at least narrow its scope. In all likelihood, he will face protracted courtroom battles anyway. One argument likely to be used against Hyatt is that he never translated his invention into working products. Another line of attack is the principle in patent law of "prior...
Israeli military analysts believe that the U.S. would be wise to strike first. Some even suggest that Israel take the initiative, using its air superiority. But faced with intense U.S. pressure, Israeli officials say they feel constrained in their ability to take any pre-emptive action, however tempting...
...glittering Trump Tower. Members of Housewreckers Local 95, who also accuse their own president in the scheme, allege that Trump was able to avoid making payments that would now total $1 million (including interest) into the union's pension funds. % "You can bet there was a wise guy somewhere in the background," says an FBI specialist on the Genovese family. Says labor consultant Daniel Sullivan, an FBI source on the Mob who has testified in the case: "It's a classic Mob relationship. Trump or his people had to have a deal to get such a sweetheart contract...
...especially impossible position. To ward off or soften recession, the Fed would normally lower interest rates; to combat inflation, it would raise them. To fight both together, it should do -- what? The conventional wisdom is stumped for an answer. The time to move was much earlier: wise policy could have reduced U.S. dependence on imported oil and lowered the deficit during the prosperous years. By doing neither, the nation made itself vulnerable to an outside shock; it is all too likely to pay a stiff price...
Alec Guinness A PASSAGE TO INDIA. In David Lean's 1984 classic adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, the British actor faithfully portrayed Professor Godbole, an ascetic Hindu wise...