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camelia bedelia
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 Posted: 11/21/04 - 20:46 Post subject:
Why do you suppose that is, Joe?
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copteacher
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Posted: 11/21/04 - 21:00 Post subject:
| camelia bedelia wrote: | | Why do you suppose that is, Joe? |
free societies have people who can "think outside the box" without fear of reprisals from the government.
If people can think free in many aspects of their life, they surely can feel free to think freely in the lab or in the classroom.
I think a lot of it has to do also with the fact of where people's priorities are. In free societies, we do not so much fear the goverment so much that we can focus energy on pleasing the greater good, not the government.
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phillycat
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Posted: 11/22/04 - 10:23 Post subject:
Here is a list of influential Lebanese individuals. These people have made substatial contributions to science, politics and business.
USA . Dr. Philip A. Salem, Director of the Cancer Research Program at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, selected as one of America's top doctors in the premier edition of America's Top Doctors, a national guide to outstanding medical specialists throughout the United State.
. Dr. Michael DeBakey, inventor of the heart pump, "the world's greatest heart surgeon" (Reader's Digest).
. Dr. Fouad Salameh Achcar, specialist of diabetes and inventor of Mini Bell.
. Hassan Kamel As-Sabbah, one of the pioneers of solar batteries; he registered over 70 inventions in the field of electronics.
. Dr. Elias Core, Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1990.
. George A. Doumani, geologist whose explorations helped prove the theory of continental drift. A mountain peak in Antarctica is named after him.
. Christa McAuliffe, Challenger astronaut and martyr of the American space program. Daughter of Grace George and the niece of historian Philip Hitti. .
Great Britain . Dr. Peter Medawar, Nobel Prize winner for his research on tissue implant; former director of the Royal Institute of Biology.
Mexico . William Nehme, elected member of the Academy of Sciences of Mexico.
. Georges Dib, founder of the country's greatest factories of pharmaceutical products.
China . Dr. George Hatem, charged by Mao with important missions in the domain of public hygiene: the methods he designed permitted the total eradication of venerial diseases in a population of over 800 millions.
World . Rachid Karamé, president of the UN general assembly in 1959.
. Fouad Sarrouf, former president of the executive Committee (the highest instance) of UNESCO.
USA . Congressman Nick Joe Rahall II of West Virginia
. Congresswoman Pat Danner (Missouri)
. Congressmen Ray LaHood (Illinois)
. John Baldacci (Maine)
. John E. Sununu (New Hampshire)
. Chris John (Louisiana).
. U.S. Senator Spencer Abraham of Michigan
. Donna Shalala, former secretary of Health and Human Services, now Dean of the University of Miami.
. John Sununu, former Governor of New Hampshire, who became the White House Chief of Staff, and later a political commentator on CNN-TV.
. Ambassador Selwa Roosevelt, America's longest-serving White House Chief of Protocol.
. Thomas A. Nassif, her assistant, who also served as US Ambassador to Morocco.
. Edward Gabriel, another US Ambassador to Morocco.
. Theodore Kattouf, US Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
. Philip C. Habib, special Presidential envoy.
. Ralph Habib, former #3 of the State Department.
. Helen Thomas, dean of the White House press corps.
. U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-ME).
. James Abourezk, former U.S. Senator and member of the Chamber of Representatives.
. Former U.S. Senator James Abdnor.
. Former Congressional member Mary Rose Oakar of Ohio
. Former Congressional member George Kasern of California
. Former Congressional member Abraham Kazen Jr. of Texas
. Former Congressional member Toby Moffett of Connecticut
. Victor Atiyeh, governor of Oregon.
Australia . Robert Khater, Minister of the Army for 3 years.
. Alexandre Alam, former vice-president of the Senate and representative of the city of Melbourne; creator of the worker city of Sydney and of localities such as New Bsharre, New daraya, New Ehden...
. Dr. Frank Geaha, former minister of National Education and Hygiene.
Mexico . Najib Semaan, governor of a province.
. Alfred Aziz, deputy.
. Francis Sarkis, deputy.
. Carlos Attieh, deputy and head of party.
. Najib Abi Zaid, general director of the police.
Turkey . Khalil Ghanem, author of the Ottoman Constitution.
Iraq . Rustom bey Haidar, former minister of Finaces, National Economy and Communications.
Saudi Arabia . Fouad bey Hamze, former minister of Foreign Affairs.
. Jamil Baroudy, representative of the Saudi at the UN for 30 years.
USA . Gen. John Abizaid, head of the US Central Command.
. Col. James Jabara, "the greatest ace pilot of the Korean War and a true American war hero".
. Maj. Gen. Fred Safay, World War II US officer.
. Brig. Gen. Elias Stevens, part of Eisenhower's staff.
. Navy Lt. Alfred Naifeh, who gave his name to the destroyer escort USS Naifeh.
. Gen. George Joulwan, who commanded both the US and NATO forces in Europe.
. 14 000 Lebanese fought in the US army during WW2. The Gemayel and Hatem families alone respectively gave 43 and 76 soldiers tot he US.
Mexico . Three Generals: Antoine ChouŽri, Youssef Khoury and Michel Naaman.
. Four Colonels: Antoine Karam, Fares fayad, Najib Kik and Georges Atallah.
World . The Sabra family, owners of 5th Republic in NY and other banks around the world (the father was killed in Monaco).
. Edouard Saouma, former CEO of the FAO in Rome.
. Assaad Kotaite, elected president of the International Organization of Civil Aviation ten times in a row from 1976.
.Georges Faddoul, president of the International Union of Official Tourism Organisms until its dissolution.
. Sami Rababy, former president of the Affiliated Members of the World Tourism Organization.
USA . Claude Comair: Chairman Of NST (Nintendo software technology) and founder of DIGIPEN institute of Technology, Redmond Washington.
. Mansour Farah, founder of the Farah Clothes Company, now one of the world's largest clothing companies.
. J. M. Haggar, founder of Haggar Clothing Co., the world's largest manufacturer of dress slacks.
. Ray Irani, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Occidental Petroleum.
. Najeeb Halaby, former head of the Federal Aeronautics Authority, former CEO of Pan-American Airlines; father of Queen Nour.
. Ned Mansour, president of Mattel, Inc.
. John Mack, president of Morgan Stanley Group
. Ray Jallow, internationally respected financial expert and economic forecaster.
. John Zogby, Zogby International, one of America's preeminent pollsters.
. Paul Orfalea, founder of Kinko's
. Waleed and Malik Ali, founders of MPI, the world's largest home-video distributor of documentaries.
. Tony Ismail, founder of the Alamo Flag Company in Dallas.
Mexico . Jacob Semaan, president of the Chamber of Commerce.
. Selim Helou, listed on the Forbes billionaire list.
World . Roger Chikhani, former vice-president of the World Federation of Law Orders.
. Fouad Ammoun, former vice-president of the international court of La Haye.
USA . Prof. Philip Areeda of Harvard Law School, author of the 10-volume treatise Antitrust Law. "The work, a standard in the field, is relied on extensively by lawyers and judges, so much so that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer once remarked that most lawyers would prefer to have on their side "two paragraphs of Areeda on Antitrust than four Courts of Appeals and three Supreme Court Justices."" Also author of the field's leading textbook, Antitrust Analysis.
. Joseph D. Jamail, Texas lawyer who won the biggest settlement in U.S. history ($10 billion dollars) on behalf of Pennzoil.
. George Shibley, who defended unjustly-accused Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles in the "zoot suit" trial.
Australia . Rachid Arida, president of the Supreme Court of Sydney for 30 years.
USA . Ralph Koury, graduated top of the class at the FBI academy back in the late 50's, whose notebook is to this day used by the FBI as an example of the perfect notebook.
. Candy Lightner, founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
. Robert George, official Presidential Santa at the White House from Eisenhower to Bush.
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phillycat
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Posted: 11/22/04 - 10:30 Post subject:
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Pug
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Posted: 11/22/04 - 10:56 Post subject:
Christa McAuliffe? Wasn't she the schoolteacher who was selected to go on the Challenger and died in the explosion? That neither makes her a martyr nor really contributing to science. It's tragic, but a martyr?
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sonnylax
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Posted: 11/22/04 - 10:57 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | | Christa McAuliffe? Wasn't she the schoolteacher who was selected to go on the Challenger and died in the explosion? That neither makes her a martyr nor really contributing to science. It's tragic, but a martyr? |
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Posted: 11/22/04 - 11:00 Post subject:
Well this thread has gone waaaay off topic.... 
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robp
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Posted: 11/22/04 - 11:02 Post subject:
| phillycat wrote: | Here is a list of influential Lebanese individuals. These people have made substatial contributions to science, politics and business.
USA . Dr. Philip A. Salem, Director of the Cancer Research Program at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, selected as one of America's top doctors in the premier edition of America's Top Doctors, a national guide to outstanding medical specialists throughout the United State.
. Dr. Michael DeBakey, inventor of the heart pump, "the world's greatest heart surgeon" (Reader's Digest).
. Dr. Fouad Salameh Achcar, specialist of diabetes and inventor of Mini Bell.
. Hassan Kamel As-Sabbah, one of the pioneers of solar batteries; he registered over 70 inventions in the field of electronics.
. Dr. Elias Core, Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1990.
. George A. Doumani, geologist whose explorations helped prove the theory of continental drift. A mountain peak in Antarctica is named after him.
. Christa McAuliffe, Challenger astronaut and martyr of the American space program. Daughter of Grace George and the niece of historian Philip Hitti. .
Great Britain . Dr. Peter Medawar, Nobel Prize winner for his research on tissue implant; former director of the Royal Institute of Biology.
Mexico . William Nehme, elected member of the Academy of Sciences of Mexico.
. Georges Dib, founder of the country's greatest factories of pharmaceutical products.
China . Dr. George Hatem, charged by Mao with important missions in the domain of public hygiene: the methods he designed permitted the total eradication of venerial diseases in a population of over 800 millions.
World . Rachid Karamé, president of the UN general assembly in 1959.
. Fouad Sarrouf, former president of the executive Committee (the highest instance) of UNESCO.
USA . Congressman Nick Joe Rahall II of West Virginia
. Congresswoman Pat Danner (Missouri)
. Congressmen Ray LaHood (Illinois)
. John Baldacci (Maine)
. John E. Sununu (New Hampshire)
. Chris John (Louisiana).
. U.S. Senator Spencer Abraham of Michigan
. Donna Shalala, former secretary of Health and Human Services, now Dean of the University of Miami.
. John Sununu, former Governor of New Hampshire, who became the White House Chief of Staff, and later a political commentator on CNN-TV.
. Ambassador Selwa Roosevelt, America's longest-serving White House Chief of Protocol.
. Thomas A. Nassif, her assistant, who also served as US Ambassador to Morocco.
. Edward Gabriel, another US Ambassador to Morocco.
. Theodore Kattouf, US Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
. Philip C. Habib, special Presidential envoy.
. Ralph Habib, former #3 of the State Department.
. Helen Thomas, dean of the White House press corps.
. U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-ME).
. James Abourezk, former U.S. Senator and member of the Chamber of Representatives.
. Former U.S. Senator James Abdnor.
. Former Congressional member Mary Rose Oakar of Ohio
. Former Congressional member George Kasern of California
. Former Congressional member Abraham Kazen Jr. of Texas
. Former Congressional member Toby Moffett of Connecticut
. Victor Atiyeh, governor of Oregon.
Australia . Robert Khater, Minister of the Army for 3 years.
. Alexandre Alam, former vice-president of the Senate and representative of the city of Melbourne; creator of the worker city of Sydney and of localities such as New Bsharre, New daraya, New Ehden...
. Dr. Frank Geaha, former minister of National Education and Hygiene.
Mexico . Najib Semaan, governor of a province.
. Alfred Aziz, deputy.
. Francis Sarkis, deputy.
. Carlos Attieh, deputy and head of party.
. Najib Abi Zaid, general director of the police.
Turkey . Khalil Ghanem, author of the Ottoman Constitution.
Iraq . Rustom bey Haidar, former minister of Finaces, National Economy and Communications.
Saudi Arabia . Fouad bey Hamze, former minister of Foreign Affairs.
. Jamil Baroudy, representative of the Saudi at the UN for 30 years.
USA . Gen. John Abizaid, head of the US Central Command.
. Col. James Jabara, "the greatest ace pilot of the Korean War and a true American war hero".
. Maj. Gen. Fred Safay, World War II US officer.
. Brig. Gen. Elias Stevens, part of Eisenhower's staff.
. Navy Lt. Alfred Naifeh, who gave his name to the destroyer escort USS Naifeh.
. Gen. George Joulwan, who commanded both the US and NATO forces in Europe.
. 14 000 Lebanese fought in the US army during WW2. The Gemayel and Hatem families alone respectively gave 43 and 76 soldiers tot he US.
Mexico . Three Generals: Antoine ChouŽri, Youssef Khoury and Michel Naaman.
. Four Colonels: Antoine Karam, Fares fayad, Najib Kik and Georges Atallah.
World . The Sabra family, owners of 5th Republic in NY and other banks around the world (the father was killed in Monaco).
. Edouard Saouma, former CEO of the FAO in Rome.
. Assaad Kotaite, elected president of the International Organization of Civil Aviation ten times in a row from 1976.
.Georges Faddoul, president of the International Union of Official Tourism Organisms until its dissolution.
. Sami Rababy, former president of the Affiliated Members of the World Tourism Organization.
USA . Claude Comair: Chairman Of NST (Nintendo software technology) and founder of DIGIPEN institute of Technology, Redmond Washington.
. Mansour Farah, founder of the Farah Clothes Company, now one of the world's largest clothing companies.
. J. M. Haggar, founder of Haggar Clothing Co., the world's largest manufacturer of dress slacks.
. Ray Irani, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Occidental Petroleum.
. Najeeb Halaby, former head of the Federal Aeronautics Authority, former CEO of Pan-American Airlines; father of Queen Nour.
. Ned Mansour, president of Mattel, Inc.
. John Mack, president of Morgan Stanley Group
. Ray Jallow, internationally respected financial expert and economic forecaster.
. John Zogby, Zogby International, one of America's preeminent pollsters.
. Paul Orfalea, founder of Kinko's
. Waleed and Malik Ali, founders of MPI, the world's largest home-video distributor of documentaries.
. Tony Ismail, founder of the Alamo Flag Company in Dallas.
Mexico . Jacob Semaan, president of the Chamber of Commerce.
. Selim Helou, listed on the Forbes billionaire list.
World . Roger Chikhani, former vice-president of the World Federation of Law Orders.
. Fouad Ammoun, former vice-president of the international court of La Haye.
USA . Prof. Philip Areeda of Harvard Law School, author of the 10-volume treatise Antitrust Law. "The work, a standard in the field, is relied on extensively by lawyers and judges, so much so that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer once remarked that most lawyers would prefer to have on their side "two paragraphs of Areeda on Antitrust than four Courts of Appeals and three Supreme Court Justices."" Also author of the field's leading textbook, Antitrust Analysis.
. Joseph D. Jamail, Texas lawyer who won the biggest settlement in U.S. history ($10 billion dollars) on behalf of Pennzoil.
. George Shibley, who defended unjustly-accused Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles in the "zoot suit" trial.
Australia . Rachid Arida, president of the Supreme Court of Sydney for 30 years.
USA . Ralph Koury, graduated top of the class at the FBI academy back in the late 50's, whose notebook is to this day used by the FBI as an example of the perfect notebook.
. Candy Lightner, founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
. Robert George, official Presidential Santa at the White House from Eisenhower to Bush. |
And it appears the vast majority of them did their good deeds right here in the good ol' US of A, where a free society allows them to achieve these types of accomplishments.
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