David Crane, Special Advisor to the Governor and Chair, High Speed Rail Commission, California.

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David Crane, a Democrat who advised Mr Brown's Republican predecessor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, hopes to amplify these reforms with another effort.

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Friends was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004.

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The project is the brainchild of NRG Chief Executive David Crane, who drives a Tesla Roadster between his home and NRG headquarters in Princeton, N.

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But Nest's key partner David Crane says it "remains to be seen" whether the ultimate connection will be between digital services like Nest or utilities like his.

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Indeed, NRG's CEO David Crane recalls the first time he visited Nest at its Palo Alto headquarters, where the parking lot is ringed with high-speed auto charging ports.

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David Crane, chief executive of NRG Energy, made news last week when he announced that the New Jersey-based power producer would abandon further investment in a Texas nuclear power project.

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Though David remains on the board at Cato, Charles Koch has fallen out with Crane.

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The pair got the idea from the American illusionist David Blaine who recently spent 44 days without any food inside a plastic box suspended by a crane near the River Thames in London.

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