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“A Vineyard Morning,” by Jean Stone (2021, Kensington Publishing Corp. $15.95) This third entry into the Martha’s Vineyard author’s “Vineyard” series finds 40-something writer Annie Sutton during an island spring, working on a new novel, starting B&B renovations on an old inn and enjoying a fresh romance. But an unexpected visit from the biological mother she never really knew brings unwelcome news. Stone’s other entries in the series are “A Vineyard Summer” and “A Viney...

Toggle open close INTRODUCTION At the insistence of the United States, in 1986 Japan agreed to limit its exports of semiconductors, mainly the "dynamic random access memory" (DRAM) chips, to America. These chips are used in high- tech consumer electronics equipment like computers and video cassette recorders. The agreement expires this July 1, and the Bush Administration thus soon must decide whether to renew it. Doing so would make Washington a hypocrite in its free trade efforts to open marke...