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...Fred and Ginger The world of technology has never been short of eccentrics and obsessives, of rich, brilliant oddballs with strange habits and stranger hobbies. But even in this crowd, Dean Kamen stands out. The 50-year-old son of a comic-book artist, he is a college dropout, a self-taught physicist and mechanical engineer with a handful of honorary doctorates, a multimillionaire who wears the same outfit for every occasion: blue jeans, a blue work shirt and a pair of Timberland boots. With the accent of his native Long Island, he speaks slowly, passionately--and endlessly...
...Fred Weller...
Channing, Stiles and Fred Weller as Nick, a headhunter who Styron calls when she fears needing a new job, all enhance the movie with their acting. Channing draws the viewer in with a vivid performance that covers all emotions and states of mind and showcases her talent much more effectively than did her other recent movies, Where the Heart Is and Practical Magic. Stiles looks a little too young to play a college graduate (perhaps her repertoire of high-school roles plays a factor here) but manages to be both acerbic and provocative at the same time...
...been working for years on a clean, sealed-combustion Stirling engine that could run on any fuel, including hydrogen. The prevailing theory is that Ginger would combine Stirling technology with a stabilizing system pioneered in Kamen's stair-climbing wheelchair. (The wheelchair's code name, by the way, was Fred. Get it? Fred and Ginger.) The newest clues are the names of two websites registered by Kamen-controlled companies: mystirlingscooter.com and flywheels.com
...Fred brings [the ticket] outside student group experience,” said Rohit Chopra ’04, chair of the Student Affairs Committee, who is unaffiliated with any of the campaigns...