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Brian Ford Music (794 words) |
 | Brian wanted to take guitar lessons so his mom took him for his first lesson and the teacher told Brian his hands were too small to play the guitar and probably always would be. |
| Brian's mom took him to his third accordion lesson and to their surprise the teacher had left town without saying good-bye. |
| Brian attributes most of his guitar playing skill to his grandfather (a great harmonica player) who was instrumental in his learning. |
| MICROSCOPY UK / MICSCAPE REVIEW - Leeuwenhoek Legacy by Brian Ford (454 words) |
| The provenance of the book and the enviable track record of its author Brian Ford tempted me to investigate further and my original view was quickly dispelled as on opening the volume it was soon evident that this was not only a major work of scientific scholarship but also a superbly written historical detective story. |
| Brian Ford's priveleged access to the strong rooms of the Royal Society gave him the opportunity to examine some of Leeuwenhoek's original material sent to the Society some 300 years ago. |
| One envies Brian Ford his priveleged opportunity to carry out this research which was not only an act of scholarship but at the same time an activity which must have been fascinating and fun to undertake. |
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