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...Proportional representation could be computerized as bizarre as it is--but you couldn't get even 10 percent of the people in here to agree to part with this community culture," added Alan Gerber, an MIT graduate student and first-time onlooker...
...such offbeat shows as The Simpsons and Twin Peaks early this year demonstrated that these viewers will perk up for formula-breaking fare. The result, say many TV producers, has been a rather confused quest for unusual shows. "The question is always, 'Why is this show different?' " says David Gerber, president of MGM/UA Television. "((Network programmers)) are worried that they might get a well-executed show but that it won't be different enough to grab the audience." Says another producer: "The networks seem to have lost their compass. They're crying out for new stuff. But they...
When Raymond Dunn Jr. was born 15 years ago, he had an undersize brain, was severely retarded and was allergic to all foods except one -- Gerber Meat- Based Formula. Designed for babies who could not tolerate foods based on cows' milk, the product was canceled in 1985, when soybean formulas displaced it. That threatened disaster for Raymond, who still could not eat anything else. His mother Carol Dunn of Yankee Lake, N.Y., made an appeal to Gerber...
Since then, the company has been in constant contact with Dunn, giving her its remaining stock and notifying her of new formulas that her handicapped son, who weighs only 31 lbs., might tolerate. Last week 20 members of Gerber's research and development teams volunteered to produce batches of the formula for Raymond free of charge. Says Gerber spokesman Jim Lovejoy: "Our purpose has always been helping parents with their children...
Although the marathon is tiring, said Kenneth A. Gerber '89-'90, it is not difficult to last the entire 12 hours...