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To: Wizzer who wrote (593)	4/30/1998 12:06:00 AM
From: A. Reader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1094

Hi Wisam, Just now returned from my trip. Here's another trip. Check THIS out! ...Besides her beauty, Lamarr stunned Hollywood friends and associates with her knowledge of high-tech weaponry. The actress and composer George Antheil jointly patented a defense communications device in the 1940s. They were unsuccessful in selling the concept then, either to the military or commercial sectors. But when the patent expired in the 1950s, Sylvania engineers independently developed a similar concept for the Defense Department, according to a 1997 Los Angeles Times article -- one that is now used in the military's $25 billion MIL-STAR defense communications satellite system. amcity.com