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     1        piece of paper so they feel something is happening and
     2        would not walk out the store.  Our aim is that people wait
     3        no more than two minutes in the line and one at the
     4        counter.
     5
     6        "Have better and faster tills; from Panasonic, which do the
     7        cash sheets.  'We are getting new things in the store the
     8        whole time.  There is always something new coming in.'
     9        Control from the US is not direct, but are influenced by
    10        the States through having US directors as directors in the
    11        UK.  Most of the ideas come from there.
    12
    13        "Thinks they own the freehold in Holborn; know they lease
    14        the office above.
    15
    16        "Claimed turnover was not a problem.  Said he did not have
    17        a high turnover."
    18
    19        That is Mark Ryan, and the phone numbers are given
    20        underneath.
    21
    22   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Before we have the break, Mr. Rampton, have
    23        you made a final decision yet as to whether there is any
    24        challenge to the admissibility of what Miss Lamb attributes
    25        to Joanna Blackette?
    26
    27   MR. RAMPTON:  No, my Lord.  I did say to your Lordship at the
    28        time that I thought I was not challenging that; and
    29        I really do not think that I do.
    30
    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No.  Very well.  You understand that?  There
    32        was the argument about what could be said to be spoken to
    33        by an employee of McDonald's with either the express
    34        authority or implied authority of the Company itself.  But
    35        you need not concern yourself with that so far as
    36        Joanna Blackette is concerned.
    37
    38   MR. MORRIS:  No.
    39
    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You would like quarter of an hour, would
    41        you?
    42
    43   MS. STEEL:   Mr. Harrison is not here yet.
    44
    45   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I see.
    46
    47   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, there are some things I can attend to.
    48        It will not take very long.  Your Lordship asked about
    49        witnesses.
    50 
    51   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just pause a moment. (Pause)  Yes. 
    52 
    53   MR. RAMPTON:  Your Lordship asked for a list of witnesses.  I am
    54        not going to hand your Lordship an actual list, but I will
    55        tell your Lordship what I see the position to be.
    56
    57        What I call the "definites" are:  on rainforest, Mr. Cesca,
    58        Mr. Monroe and Mr. Wolfe; on publication, Mr. Nicholson,
    59        Mr. Carroll, Mr. Clare, Mr. Procklington and Mr. Bishop --
    60        not Mr. Russell.  I think I already told your Lordship that
 
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