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RAIN 09/06:Newton, Truman and Hoffman



New York Times 9/5/00
Mountain of Newton's letters reveal methods behind genius
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/090500sci-math-newton.html

by Kenneth Chang
In one letter, Isaac Newton, still in his 20's, sketches out the beginnings
of calculus. Other scribblings show Newton's early thoughts on subjects
ranging from gravity to optics to comets. If stacked up, the assemblage of
letters, notebooks and other documents would be about 15 feet high.
The Earl of Macclesfield, whose family has kept this collection of Newton
writings for nearly three centuries, now would like to sell it for $9.5
million to the University of Cambridge, where Newton studied as an
undergraduate and later worked as a professor. With the formulation of
calculus and the basic equations of motion, Newton (1642-1727) set the
foundation for much of modern science.


Rocky Mountain News 9/5/00
Boulder man discovers letters from Truman
Grandfather, president carried on professional personal relationship
http://insidedenver.com/news/0905harr6.shtml

by Kevin McCullen
Boulder -- Jim Burrus sifted through cabinets in his late father's home this
summer and found a pile of letters penned by a plain-spoken former
president.
As a boy, Burrus tagged along with his grandfather, Rufus Burrus, on his
trips from his law office to the home of President Truman. Rufus Burrus,
known as the "The Colonel" in Independence, Mo., was a long-time friend of
Truman's and his attorney for some legal matters.
But Jim Burrus never appreciated how close his grandfather and the nation's
33rd president were until Burrus and his two brothers sorted through his
grandfather's belongings.


The Chronicle 9/5/00
Archives felt 'right' to Hoffman kin
http://www.thechronicle.com/news/uc_hoffm.htm

by Harold C. Shayer
STORRS - Jack Hoffman experienced a "homecoming" of sorts after a visit with
officials of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of
Connecticut earlier this year.
The brother of 1960s activist Abbie Hoffman, Jack became heir to much of his
renowned brother's writings, papers and other belongings after his death by
suicide in April 1989. Included in the inheritance were items as
historically significant as Abbie's research notes on the "Reagan-Bush
Hostage Deal" and as personal as Hoffman family and school programs.
The items, which are part of the archives' Alternative Press Collection,
also range in diversity from oversize posters commemorating various events
and campaigns connected to the activist to a prayer shawl, T-shirts and
socks once worn by Abbie Hoffman.



Times of London 9/5/00
Shareholders can see privileged company documents
http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/09/05/timlawcoa01003.html

in re Nottingham Forest plc
Before Mr Justice Evans-Lombe
Judgment July 31, 2000
The size and importance of a company had no bearing on the operation of the
rule in Woodhouse & Co v Woodhouse ((1914) 30 TLR 559) since that rule of
equity arose from the fiduciary relationship between the directors of a
company and its shareholders. The rule entitled a person to obtain the
production of documents by a company in which he held shares even if those
documents would normally attract legal professional privilege,



The Star-Tribune 9/5/00
Winona County courthouse closed after ceiling collapse
http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=82455382

Statewire
WINONA, Minn. (AP) -- The 112-year-old Winona County courthouse was closed
Tuesday after a fourth-floor courtroom ceiling collapsed and severed water
supply lines.
All utilities to the building were shut down after Sunday' s collapse, which
broke pipes and sent 200 gallons of water per minute into the historic
building.
The water caused extensive damage to the fourth floor and most of the floors
below. County officials were still trying to assess the damage. Two of the
county' s three courtrooms were heavily damaged.




Deseret News 9/5/00
Muching machine gets spot in history
http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,195011795,00.html?

by Gib Twyman
PARK CITY - The name alone does a pretty good job of describing one of the
nastiest jobs in mining history: "mucking."
"Dirt to most people is 'muck' to a miner. It means removing the rubble from
blasting in the tunnels, and it was hard, tough work by hand," said Rich
"The Ole Miner" Martinez, 65, a sixth-generation Parkite who spent 48 years
working in the mines here and still is employed by United Park City Mines
Co.
"As you can imagine, it was hot, back-breaking and unpleasant work; and
manufacturers spent many years trying to come up with a machine that would
do the work of the human mucker," said Berne Schepman, past president of
EIMCO Corp. of Salt Lake City, whose company in 1938 patented just such a
machine, the EIMCO Rocker Shovel Loader Model 12-B.





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Woodside Summit Group Inc
Midlothian, Virginia
Office: 804-744-1247 x23
Fax: 804-744-4997
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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