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     1        state for a one-year trial period."   Yes?
              A.  That is correct.
     2
         Q.   That is correct.  But is it not true that by July, three
     3        months later, you were actually saying you were going to
              do it nationwide?  So there was a dramatic speed up, was
     4        there not, in the test period?
              A.  By the time July came, by the time the end of July
     5        came, we already had it in New Jersey, Connecticut and a
              couple of states.  It was being well received.  The people
     6        were reacting positively to it.  The decision was made to
              move ahead.  One of the reasons we kept it as a test for
     7        one year was if there had been no interest and it turned
              out just to be a big waste of time and there was no
     8        consumer interest in it, we would have perhaps argued that
              there was no need for them.
     9
         Q.   But the one year trial period basically was abandoned
    10        after two or three months and you went nationwide?
              A.  We speeded up the programme, yes.
    11
         Q.   That is all I want to say today.
    12
         MS. STEELE:  I am aware of time and obviously we are not going
    13        to finish today.
 
    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  How long do you think you will be further
              with Mr. Horwitz?
    15
         MS. STEELE:  I would think at least all of tomorrow morning.
    16
         MR. RAMPTON:  I would have to say this, I am not anxious to
    17        curtail the defence cross-examination.  Equally, however,
              I am anxious that no more questions should be asked
    18        unnecessarily for this reason:  Mr. Horwitz is hoping to
              leave at the lunch time break tomorrow, if he can, to
    19        catch a aeroplane to Switzerland.  So, if it possible, if
              it took the morning it would not matter, but if it went on
    20        beyond that it would be regrettable.
 
    21   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It would indeed regrettable if you had to
              miss or change your plane, Mr. Horwitz, but once you are
    22        here, I must ask you to stay until the defendants have
              finished asking their questions.  I will know you will do
    23        the best you can so far as getting through them.
 
    24        Give a bit of thought over night to what it really helps
              you to ask as opposed to what shows itself in the
    25        documents, so that you do not both ask the same
              questions.  I have to sit in another court at 10 o'clock. 
    26        I very much hope I will be here by half past ten.  If I am 
              not, it will be five or ten minutes late. 
    27
         MISS STEEL:  What would be the situation if Professor Walker is
    28        still going to be called tomorrow afternoon if we finish
              at lunch-time then?
    29
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  We will go on to Professor Walker.  If you
    30        finish just before 1 o'clock, we might start at 2.00, but
              it probably would not matter if we started straightaway

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