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To: wtd
I think Nobel lost his brother to nitroglycerin accident. Al came up with a way to stabilize it.

He felt really bad that it was then used to deliberately kill people, hence the "prize".

8 posted on 09/21/2017 10:21:29 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke
Calvin Locke wrote: "I think Nobel lost his brother to nitroglycerin accident. Al came up with a way to stabilize it.

He felt really bad that it was then used to deliberately kill people, hence the "prize".

Thanks for that . . .echoes of Paul Harvey and his infamous "and that is the rest of the story".

12 posted on 09/21/2017 11:57:49 AM PDT by wtd
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To: Calvin Locke

Check out the introduction to book “Aftermath, The Remnants of War” it tells the whole story. Actually, read the whole book. It’s fascinating.


19 posted on 09/25/2017 9:00:35 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (Fidel and Che are together again, and it ain't on a t-shirt.)
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