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Several hostage families have changed their telephone numbers to avoid such calls. But Plotkin is afraid to. She has re ceived two calls from her husband in Iran...
...Deborah Plotkin does not like to answer her telephone any more; her lawyer screens calls for her. The Sherman Oaks, Calif., wife of American Hostage Jerry Plotkin says she has tired of answering questions from reporters who "just don't realize that I've already received two dozen other calls. They don't take no for an answer either." Plotkin also wishes the New York Times and the Washington Post would not call after midnight. Says she: "Any time something exciting is happening in Iran, they want my reaction. But I do not always have a reaction...
Perhaps this trend shows a growing conviction among Americans that costly goods retain real value, while mere money depreciates. More likely it indicates that Americans are also emulating the wise and worldly Europeans, buying fewer goods, but goods that have more class and durability. Jay Plotkin, vice president of Craig's ready-to-wear chain in Houston, argues: "People are looking for more permanence in their selections, not just faddish clothes. Retailers call this 'investment dressing...
...Crimson on May 3 announcing the "discovery" that Limnoria has no bacteria in its digestive tract. Dixie Lee Ray pointed this out in a paper entitled "Nutritional Physiology of Limnoria" which appeared in the book "Marine Boring and Fouling Organisms" edited by Ray and published in 1959. Mark Plotkin Extension...