Can you tell me the least expensive way to get to New York City? If you go by bus it's only $25. But if you go by train, it's almost twice that much. Excuse me, but I don't know which is the call number of this book and what a call number is for. The call number is the number in the top right corner of the card. It is used as a guide to find the book you want. Don't you think John and Jim are telling the truth? It doesn't seem likely. It would be hard to write two compositions so much alike unless one of them was copying from the other. The family who controls the business feels that the firm will lose its independence if that big international company takes it over. I understand that many of the stock -- holders are upset by the news, too.