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...very excited about this. It is really a major exhibition, both to scholars and the general public," said Peter Nisbet, curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum and co-ordinator of this exhibit...
...corporations face risks even as they reap the rewards of Star Wars. The program could be scaled back or scuttled by the next Congress or President. "Companies can get geared up for a letdown," says Paul Nisbet, who follows the defense business for Prudential-Bache Securities. Also worrisome is the mounting opposition to SDI at the universities where much of the basic research will be done. Campus critics, including many scientists, argue that Star Wars is technologically unworkable and wasteful: a pie in the sky and a pork barrel on the ground...
...Peter Nisbet, curator of the museum, said that neither the Busch family nor its beer company currently funds the museum's operations...
...only a name," Nisbet said, "I'm not sure I'd drink his beer just because his name is on my museum...
What the committee members want most is to see claims of paranormal phenomena subjected to the same standards of proof that would be required for any other scientific discovery. Says Lee Nisbet, the committee's executive director: "If we did turn up evidence that a claim was correct, we'd be fools not to get very excited about...