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Townes testified that his employees believed they had met all the requirements for packaging the canisters.
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The final winner of the Golden Goose Award was Charles Townes, the inventor of laser technology.
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Dr. Townes is 97 years old, and is hoping to continue doing research until he turns 100.
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Townes' testimony came after the NTSB released a dramatic transcript of the last moments of the doomed flight.
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In addition to Townes, ValuJet President Lewis Jordan, Federal Aviation Administration investigators, and members of the Airline Pilots Association are expected to testify.
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The Texan singer and composer Townes Van Zandt died in 1997.
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"Townes was different, that's for sure he wasn't Nashville or Memphis, which back then were the commercial sounds, " said "Cowboy" Jack Clement, his longtime record producer.
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Dr. Townes was funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Navy, but many of his peers and supervisors were skeptical of his work.
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"My mechanics shouldn't have to guess, " said Townes.
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With a personal history that includes mentorship by the doomed singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt and a dark stretch of addiction and jail time, followed by recovery and creative resurgence, Mr. Earle has fielded many offers to write that book.
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