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Indian Avenue in Palm Springs, California, as his office. From
September through November 1998, he used another rented apartment
on Ravenspur in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, as his office.
Both rented apartments are referred to hereafter as the North
Indian Avenue and Ravenspur apartments.
When Mr. Radnitz worked out of an office in his residence,
as he has done for 40 years, he set aside one room for the
exclusive use of his work. In 1997 and 1998, that room occupied
20 percent of the total space of his residence. The room
contained novels, dictionaries, encyclopedias, research books,
computer equipment, a typewriter, a desk, one or two chairs,
lamps, a corkboard, a television set, and a video cassette
recorder (VCR). No one in Mr. Radnitz’s family was allowed to
use the room, and it was locked when visitors came. There was no
bed in the room, and no one slept there. Mr. Radnitz used the
television and VCR in the research aspect of his work to record
or watch broadcasts that were related to his writing projects.
The subject equipment was not used for personal or family
enjoyment. Mr. Radnitz generally worked alone and occasionally
met with collaborators to work on projects.
Mr. Radnitz rented both the North Indian Avenue and the
Ravenspur apartments in March 1998 because, as he stated: “we
had a house full of relatives and suddenly having that office
[within his residence] wasn’t going to work, even though I locked
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