Michael Beman of the University of California Merced, Nicole Goebel of University of California Santa Cruz, Andrew Lucas, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Tracy Villareal of the University of Texas and oceanographer Elise Ralph of the Boston software company Wise Eddy.

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The remaining two panelists, Ralph D'Agostino of Boston University and JoAnn Lindenfeld of the University of Colorado, did not return requests for comment.

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"Well, Ralph Reed is long gone, " notes Boston.

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At a literary supper in Boston to celebrate John Greenleaf Whittier's 70th birthday, Twain mocked Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Ralph Waldo Emerson, all of whom were in attendance.

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Boston says, even then, Robertson remained quietly in the wings, choosing a baby-faced, sophisticated Ralph Reed to be the voice of the movement.

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