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...buildings unsafe because it did not meet earthquake standards. Then its attorneys argued that the company wanted to remove the Garden Court because "the longer the building stays up, the riskier it is that somebody might get hurt." Replied an unconvinced Superior Court Judge Robert I. Weil: "Well, my God, there are 500 buildings in downtown Los Angeles that are subject to the same ordinance, and nobody is making them take those buildings down. So why should this one be any different...
Sony's new product, though, highlights the Japanese interest in this estimated $2.4 billion market, which until now has been almost the private property of American firms. After the success of Japanese onslaughts into watches, cameras, calculators and copiers, many computer industry experts are worried. Says Ulric Weil, an industry watcher for the investment bankers Morgan Stanley: "American companies must take the Japanese seriously. Not to do so would be fatal...
...topics for emotional appeal, there seemed little new to say about the Iran hostage crisis or the Arab-Israeli conflict, and not yet enough to say about coverage of the Falklands. The advocacy questions and windy, defensive answers left some of the audience feeling shortchanged. Said Chicago Attorney Dan Weil: "I wanted to see what the ABC correspondents really thought of themselves. There were only a few times when we got that sort of thing." Yet by putting itself under attack from both sides on several issues, ABC probably built some sympathy for itself and journalists in general...
Bell officials last week were trying to ease public concerns about price hikes. Executives passed out memos urging employees to tell outsiders that there "is nothing in the consent decree that changes local rates." But despite those soothing words, some telephone charges will be going up. Warns Ulric Weil of Morgan Stanley & Co.: "Don't be surprised if, in some parts of the country in the future, it will cost you $100 to have the telephone repairman come to your home." Most likely to suffer are people in rural areas, where telephone equipment is often aging and the number...
...runners. Astonishingly, even five years ago there were no running shorts cut to fit the female form. Women had to run in men's shorts, which bound at the crotch and were too tight in the rear. Among the first to remedy the situation were New Yorkers Marni Weil and her husband Bernard Bouchardy. They came up with pairs of red, white and blue briefs cut especially for women, tested them on fellow runners and started marketing Panteras. Sales are projected at $1 million this year, and, burbles Weil, "some stores reorder every week...