andrew@inmet.UUCP (07/26/84)
#R:exodus:-17800:inmet:4000075:000:573 inmet!andrew Jul 25 08:33:00 1984 > There is a darker side to the Golden Fleece awards. > Proxmire sometimes villifies things that he doesn't understand, > and projects that really might be decent basic research. Yes... I recall several years ago where he gave his notorious "award" to someone who was conducting a study of the sex life of a certain insect. Apparantly WP is oblivious to the fact that disrupting the breeding cycle is an important approach to pest control. I think he got his ass sued off over that one... at least I hope so! Andrew W. Rogers ...{harpo|ihnp4|ima|esquire}!inmet!andrew
tower@inmet.UUCP (07/27/84)
#R:ut-sally:-281000:inmet:4000076:000:455 inmet!tower Jul 27 00:48:00 1984 > ***** inmet:net.followup / ut-sally!riddle / 3:25 pm Jul 23, 1984 > Better be careful about this -- how long before Usenet gets a Golden > Fleece Award? :-) > > --- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.") > --- {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddle > ---------- Ah, c'mon, the INTERNET would win one first! -len tower UUCP: {ihnp4,harpo}!inmet!tower Cambridge, MA INTERNET: ima!inmet!tower@CCA-UNIX.ARPA