Leland and Jane Stanford established two institutions in Leland Junior's name - the university and the Museum, which was originally planned for San Francisco, but moved to adjoin the university.
The Allen Telescope Array (mostly paid for by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft) consists of 42 dish antennas, each six metres across, scattered across the countryside.
Inkatha and the ANC have blamed each other for the violence which took place as thousands of Inkatha supporters marched through the city to demand the creation of a sovereign Zulu kingdom.
In 2001 Skype's founders had set up Kazaa, an online file-sharing service that enabled people to download music from each other's computers-to the great irritation of copyright holders.
Transient investors, who demand high quarterly profits from companies, can hinder a firm's efforts to invest in long-term research or to build up customer loyalty.
Well before a championship, sports scientists and coaches start to prepare the athlete by developing a 'competition model', based on what they expect will be the winning times.