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Ross Perot, the plutocrat populist poised for the presidency, holds court from the 17th floor of a North Dallas office tower -- a memorabilia-filled aerie (the artistic motif is Rockwell paintings and Frederic Remington sculptures, and Perot is happy to tell with a chuckle what he paid for almost everything) that radiates almost preternatural calm. His desk is clean, save for the week's schedule of media interviews and a list of Perot coordinators in all 50 states. But at a time when Bush and Clinton are racing around the country, giving speeches, honing positions, posing against scenic backdrops, this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He's Ready, But Is America ready for PRESIDENT PEROT? | 5/25/1992 | See Source »

...turned off by the roaches in my biology of insects course," says Dr. Charles Remington, a Yale biology professor and curator of entymology at the Peabody museum there. "But she fell in love with butterflies...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Much More Than Just a Fleeting Interest | 9/13/1991 | See Source »

...such skills in asking intriguing questions where it is necessary to have collaborations in fields different from her own," Remington says. "She's been able to produce fusions of knowledge due to her working so effectively with people in other fields," he says...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Much More Than Just a Fleeting Interest | 9/13/1991 | See Source »

Pierce actually studied under Wilson when she was working towards her Ph.D. at Harvard. But the ant man in not Pierce's number one mentor. That distinction belongs to Remington, whose inspiring lecture on butterflies convinced Pierce to stop by his offices while she was an undergraduate...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Much More Than Just a Fleeting Interest | 9/13/1991 | See Source »

Pierce actually studied under Wilson when she was working towards her Ph.D. at Harvard. But the ant man is not Pierce's number one mentor. That distinction belongs to Remington, whose inspiring lecture on butterflies convinced Pierce to stop by his offices while she was an undergraduate...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Much More Than Just a Fleeting Interest | 9/11/1991 | See Source »

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