"L. E. Modesitt - A House By Any Other Name" - читать интересную книгу автора (Modesitt L E)

A decrease in employment coupled to an increase in housing starts? He started doodling on the scratch
pad. After an hour he decided he didn't know enough to doodle.
He walked over to the console scanned the print outs, then typed a few lines.

"Mary, whose program is on now?"

"That's Mr. Riccardo's. He's trying to determine the role of inflexible wages in the modern economy,
especially as a forecasting and budgetary tool."

"Check. I'm next on line with a short cut on the Greater Denver Economic Unit."

George walked over to the iron jawed Riccardo.

"Ferron, how much longer on this thing of yours?"

Riccardo peered at his Complexitron Wrist Chronometer. "

"About twenty six minutes and thirty one seconds."

George wandered down to the cafeteria. At eleven the corridors were always deserted. He was back at
his desk with two Cokes in twenty five minutes.

Somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty six and one half minutes, the console burped. George rescued
his short print out before it was overwhelmed by what would follow.

The print out confirmed the summary of James Boulin Chartwell, III. George gulped the remainder of the
first Coke. He nearly strangled, since he'd forgotten to pulverize the ice cubes. He thumbed through his
directory.

He jabbed out a complicated code.

"National Association of Home builders."

"This is Dr. George Graylin with the Council of Economic Advisers. I'd like the name and number of the
president of the Denver Chapter."

"If you'll hold just a minute, Dr. Grayman, I'ft be right with you. Thank you." Click. ,

George drummed out a facsimile of "Pomp and Circumstance" with his left hand.

"Dr. Grayland, the president of the Denver Chapter is Mortpn B. Newton. He's also the president of
Newton Construction. His office number is 303 2 757 1253. Is that all you need?"

"For now. Thank you very much."

George drummed out a few bars of something whose title he couldn't remember. He weighed the
possibility of getting an open WAIT line to Denver through the Reservation Comm Center.

He punched out the number.