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What would it take, they were asked, to make that dream a reality? Money from Congress, of course. University of Utah President Chase Peterson, who was right there at the scientists' side, suggested that $25 million would be a nice sum to help his school set up a fusion research center. Some of the Congressmen appeared eager to oblige. "Today," rhapsodized Robert Roe, a New Jersey Democrat, "we may be poised on the threshold of a new era. It is possible that we may be witnessing the cold-fusion revolution...
...MacArthur grant is the largest one received by the Murray Research Center, said Colby. The center recently received a $3.2 million gift from an anonymous donor which was the largest sum it has ever received...
...cash represents earnings from tourism, which each country's banks exchange for local currency. Swiss authorities are investigating charges that Lebanese currency dealer Barkev Magharian, 35, and his brother Jean, 44, both of whom are now in custody, took advantage of that market by laundering around $1 billion, a sum that allegedly included drug profits. At least some of the proceeds were reportedly sent back to drug kingpins in Los Angeles...
...Professor of Astronomy John P. Huchra describes it, "the amalgam of the institution is greater than the sum of its parts...
...American government officials encourage thebelief that America is the exact sum-total ofindividual aspirations," he said...