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...That was 1939, when Ackerman and his friend Myrtle R. Douglas attended the first World Science Fiction Convention in Manhattan - both dressed in space suits. (Trekkies, now you know who originated that imaginative eccentricity.) In a 1996 interview with Ed Grant of the New York City cable access show Media Funhouse, Ackerman recalled that 165 people attended the confab. "We had a banquet so expensive that only 29 of us could afford it," he told Ed. "I couldn't even afford to lend the money to Ray Bradbury, 'cause it was one dollar a plate. Of course no food...
...Grant recalls his visit with a friend: "Forry gave us two the full tour ('Don't back into that, boys, it's a maquette from King Kong' - placed so you had to back into it!). ... I'm sure he told the same stories to everybody, but he made it seem as if they were just for you." On the way out you sign a guest book and notice the signatures of early visitors: Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, John Landis, Tobe Hooper, George Lucas... The swag was said to be worth $5 million. In 2002, his funds...
...over the next three years in order to fund research into carbon capture and storage. The bank is partnering with the Center for the Environment as part of its ten-year, $20-billion plan to support environmentally-oriented innovation by investing in renewable energy and financing sustainable construction. The grant will allow the center to step up its research efforts into carbon capture as part of Harvard’s Climate Solutions Program. Carbon capture and storage is the practice of depositing compressed carbon dioxide within geologic formations in order to prevent its release into the atmosphere...
...debate reached its only somewhat contentious point of the night when Flores noted that Schwartz’s similar plan to hold parties at the center did not include funding from the UC’s party grant...
Beinart's article is extremely insightful. It never occurred to me that the liberalism of F.D.R. died in the '60s, but it makes sense that it was redefined by baby boomers and that the new definition solidified in Grant Park in 1968. Thanks for the enlightening perspective. Courtez Brown, RICHARDSON, TEXAS...