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On the lake’s west shore, the people of Salò (where Gaspare Bertolotti is regarded as the originator of the violin) suggest that his design was inspired by the contours of the lake.
It's similar to Norbert Weiner's thinking (the originator of the term "cybernetics" from the Greek word for "helmsman"), which postulated that society would be increasingly governed by "feedback," allowing elites to steer better.
Paul Cameron, originator of the statistic (publicized by virtue expert William Bennett) that gay males have an average life expectancy of 43 years, defends and explains his calculation in response to a Slate article by Walter Olson debunking it.
A detainee says that 9/11 hijacker Khalid al Mihdhar told him about the maritime operation sometime in late 1999 and credited Nashiri as its originator.
I confess with embarrassment that I didn't do my homework: that is, I didn't go to the Core's Web site to see just how Bennett's lists are treated by the originator himself, E.D.