We have good news concerning our new school. We have a new drainage plan that will go through Robert Smith's farm, which is adjacent to the new school building.

All the field work has been done. The board is required to present Mr. Smith with an appraisal of what his land is worth.

We have had meetings with Robert Smith and he does have reservations.

Men coming out of the high school system know they will be taken care of by the bounty of the state. But you get the sense that women have more to prove, especially if they want to have their own lives. As long as they are in school, they are not under pressure to get married. And when you finally do get married you have some leverage.

The ATM news scenario, ... could complement computerized radio stations. The government, corporations, and public relations types will be able to deposit or withdraw news anytime day or night in a slot at the front of the building. In the back, consumers could punch up whatever they fancied. There would be no need for human beings inside the building -- if you consider reporters human beings.

The sense that everybody in London has is that in five years' time, compliance will be a functional profession.