Shortly after, small towns in Pennsylvania started bringing in television by wire, which Rigas realized would cost him box-office receipts.

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What followed lights-out at the Sleep Disorders Center was, predictably enough, not sleep. (Imagine for a moment going to bed in a fuse box.) Every time I moved, I got tangled in a wire.

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"This is for the secretary, " she told the clerk, Celeste Payot, as she handed over the box, which was neatly wrapped in a yellow plastic bag and tied with a steel wire.

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Because of this close relationship, the two parties may settle up weeks later, frequently with traditional wire transfers or complex invoicing and trade schemes in electronics, farm equipment, commodities and gems (see box, p. 100).

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