I am taking the opportunity to relay this note from Alan Hawk on
account of the interesting URL he mentions - a discursive account
of a research grant application, and the subsequent lives of
the protagonists. [from Rete list]
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At 08:26 AM 8/11/2006, Alan Hawk, you wrote:
Along the line of discussion about scientific toys is this story from
the United States Government's National Institutes of Health
History Office about a couple of boys who applied for a grant
from NIH.
Alan Hawk
Collections Manager, Historical Collections
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Bldg. 54, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, DC 20306-6000
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In my cynical mode, I notice a strong tug on the emotions on reading it,
and I recall that this is a feature of some US movies too.
There is an art to this kind of effect, with which I am not
always in sympathy.