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...plant replicas were the brainchild of George Lincoln Goddell, the museum's first director, who in 1886 began seeking perfect botanical replicas for a natural history exhibit. The quest ultimately led him to a pair of craftsmen in Dresden, Germany...
...latest method that purports to select the sex of offspring is the brainchild of Ronald Ericsson, founder of Gametrics Ltd. of Sausalito, Calif. Ericsson, who has a Ph.D. in reproductive physiology, is the coauthor, with University of California Obstetrician Robert Glass, of a 1982 book, Getting Pregnant in the 1980s. Gametrics' aggressively marketed method has stirred popular interest, but many scientists are skeptical. "This could be Landrum Shettles all over again," says Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson, a spokesman for the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology...
...pipeline was the brainchild of a Greek financier, Basil Tsakos. While Tsakos did not need American money or approval, an endorsement by U.S. officials would lend his plan credibility. He arrived in Washington in 1980 and began courting the capital's top lawyers, bankers and politicians. His pitch: the $6 billion, privately financed pipeline would allow Saudi Arabia to transport oil through Sudan, the Central African Republic and Cameroon. The oil could then be shipped across the Atlantic to the U.S., detouring the Persian Gulf. Hatfield, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, found the idea appealing. Said Hatfield last...
...Japanese tea garden, Ghirardelli Square and 13 other San Francisco landmarks, conventioneers will wander among open bars and mountains of ethnic foodstuffs from 9 p.m. to midnight in an area the size of four football fields. The $250,000 fandango, paid for by private and corporate donors, is the brainchild of a master politician for whom partying is a way of life. Says California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown Jr., the state's most powerful Democrat: "If you can't drink it, drive it or wear it, it's not worth having...
...brainchild of Nestor Figueroa '80-6, who created the independent Cookin' at the Grille about two months ago, the club features only student acts, with names like Ernie and Gerald's Cold War Jazz Band...