71. Golfers are among the best candidates for wacky teaching aids, including weird devices that look as if they were designed as instruments of torture. 72. Grand Coulee Dam, the biggest dam in North America and by far the largest hydroelectric plant, was primarily designed as a water-delivery device for farmers. 73. Gibbs pitched the ball to halfback Larry Thomas and then took it back from Thomas on a handoff on a play that was originally designed as a run. 74. Gnutella was designed as an alternative to Napster, which is being sued by the Recording Industry Association of America for copyright infringement. 75. He helped invent the indexed-amortizing swap at Merrill, designed as a way for banks to guard against swings in the value of mortgages they hold. 76. He added the Israelis have purchased the weapon, which was initially designed as a surface-to-air missile but later saw its mission redefined. 77. He is infatuated with speed and motor sports, and the short sleeves of his costume are designed as checkered flags. 78. He could mix Stickley with Warhol, and nothing disturbed him more than a room designed as a museumlike period piece. 79. He found a lifelong interest when introduced to efforts to establish Plimoth Plantation, a reconstruction designed as an outdoor history museum in Plymouth, Mass. 80. He said the device was designed as a deterrent to driving irresponsibly. |