On 27 Aug 2002 at 20:42, Bob Allison wrote: > I have never been a huge believer in coincidence; therefore, the > recent news announced by the Fox Foundation, TPF, and NIEHS has me > very curious. I am elated by all of the news, but does anyone know > why these announcements came so close to each other? INquiring > minds and all that......Bob Hi Bob, I rather doubt there is any significance to the timing... The "merger" has been in the works for a number of years... (I announced it here a coupla years ago when I wasn't s'posed t' know and obviously, in hindsight, didn't....) The pressure for expanded govt. funded environmental studies has been ongoing even longer... And MJF? He's in a hurry... cheers ..... murray ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn