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"The communication problem
is difficult," he said. "I have a
basic personality flaw of a lack
of patience. I've had to develop
a level of patience. It takes a
long time for them to build
trust. Most men would not have
lasted as long as I did. They
would have resigned out of frus-
tration."
When he says it takes pa-
tience, he means it. As he tours
the floor of the manufacturing
plant, Mr. Shaw says it took
nine years of persuasion before
the Pilot company in Japan
agreed to manufacture in the
United States.
One problem Mr. Shaw
hasn't had with the Japanese is
anti-Semitism. He believes that
reports of anti-Semitism in
Japan have been exaggerated.
"I've had no experiences with
anti-Semitism in Japan, and
with my background I'm very
sensitive. Everybody I come into
contact with knows rm Jewish
and accepts it," he said.
In the United States, Mr.
Shaw says the best way to com-
bat the kind of anti-Semitism
that haunted his early child-
hood is to fight it. He is ex-
tremely active in the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith, along with a list of oth-
er Jewish and general causes in
his Connecticut community.
Unlike some who work close-
ly with the Japanese, Mr. Shaw
does not preach or practice
Japanese business techniques.
He does not believe that the
much-vaunted Japanese way of
running a company crosses cul-
tures very well.
"There is nothing Japanese
about this place," he says. "We
run this business as an Ameri-
can company. It is to Pilot's cred-
it that they have the gutsiness
to allow it to run this way." ❑

Housing
Sales Brisk

Housing sales in Israel's 24
largest cities were particular-
ly brisk in the last quarter of
1993, jumping by a third over
the previous quarter and total-
ing 4,082 units, the Central Bu-
reau of Statistics reported.
The results come after sales
of between 2,600 to 3,100 units
per quarter in the first three
quarters of last year.
This increase was accompa-
nied by a 15 percent rise in the
number of units for sale, lead-
ing to a 5 percent increase in the
inventory of unsold housing to
5,820 units.
In the fourth quarter of last
year, sales of new housing rose
in Jerusalem, Ashdod, Hadera,
Holon, Kfar Saba, Netanya,
Petah-Tikva, Rishon Lezion,
Rehovot, Ramat Gan and
Ra'anana.

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