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...became famous: [Ross Perot] read an article in the Miami Herald about the report I did. It's called "The First Annual Report of the United States." It's supposed to be like the annual report of a corporation, only it's about public finance...
...Perot contacted her: I think his people called information in Florida and got my parents. My mother called me on February 1st at about 8 a.m. and said "Ross Perot's going to call you, you stay right there...
...About Ross: He called me personally, which was pretty weird. He was really friendly, really nice. A very encouraging guy, pretty accessible. He told me that he was going to take the report to the Senate Banking Committee. He gave it to them, Dole, Newt and I think he gave a copy to Clinton. I'm supposed to get a letter from Sam Nunn about it but I haven't checked my mailbox...
...dashing young Harvard professor was stopped by a reporter from the Boston Herald. The professor, Everett Mendelsohn, was asked, "Who would you like to haunt tomorrow?" Mendelsohn replied that "I wouldn't mind haunting Governor Ross Barret of Mississippi, and I think I'd wear a white sheet while I did so he'd feel at home. And all editorial writers who too easily commit the nation to dangerous actions in these troubled times...
Mendelsohn speaks of science in terms of social responsibility. True, he seems more interested in teaching these days than in haunting anyone. Thirty-three years after his run-in with the Herald reporter, though, one can still see the outline of Ross Barret's ghost in the polished figure of Everett Mendelsohn...