Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!nather From: nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Senator William Proxmire and The Golden Fleece Awards Message-ID: <272@utastro.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 20:14:53 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.272 Posted: Tue Jul 24 20:14:53 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jul-84 20:54:17 EDT References: <769@ut-ngp.UUCP> Organization: UTexas Astronomy Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 20 [] >While some of the Fleeces were >quite justified, he has also ridiculed a number of researchers and their >work just because he can't understand what they are doing. >One such maligned soul (I do not recall who) sued Proxmire for slander >and won. > >Clyde W. Hoover @ Univ. of Texas Computation Center; Austin, Texas >(Shouter-To-Dead-Parrots) "Won" is a hollow term in this case -- although a court of law ruled that the poor guy had indeed been slandered by Proxmire, and awarded him $$ in compensation, Honorable Willy has hidden behind his congressional immunity and refused to pay up. This, of course, sets a good example for us all. -- Ed Nather {allegra,ihnp4}!{ut-sally,noao}!utastro!nather Astronomy Dept., U. of Texas, Austin