He was said to have created a wall of water which covered the officer.

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After two years of tinkering he created a 16-pound version of the ultraviolet water sterilizers that are commercially available in the U.S. for home wells with contamination problems.

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After two years of tinkering he created a 7-kilo version of the ultraviolet water sterilizers that are commercially available in the U.S. for home wells with contamination problems.

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He expanded wealth creating infrastructure such as freeways and the State Water Project, which created vast expanses of new, highly fertile farmland.

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He created the "Solo Cup, " a paper cone he made in his garage and peddled to bottled-water producers.

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Lake sturgeon, he said, once populated the river thanks to rocks and boulders that created spots to lay eggs in well-oxygenated water that was safe from other predators.

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