William Potter

Horse Thieves, Skeletons and Black Sheep in the Family

Sandwalk (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008

... losing side!)After serving his eight years as an indentured servant, Daniel Robins married Hope Potter in New Haven Conn. in 1641. Now here's the interesting part. Hope Potter's father was William Potter (b. 1608) who first came to New England in 1635. When searching for information about William Potter, my mother came across this opening paragraph on a...

We may have the credit crunch, crime and terrorism, but it isn't the end of the world

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008

... plausible scenarios for terrorists wiping out humanity with stolen nuclear materials", said Dr William Potter, of the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California. There is still scope for such acts to cause huge loss of life, but the challenge of preventing nuclear terrorism is "manageable", he said.As for those pesky asteroids, well, according to Nasa's expert on asteroid...

• We may have the credit crunch, crime and terrorism, but it isn't the end of the world - Scotsman.com

We may have the credit crunch, crime and terrorism, but it isn't the end of the world

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008

... plausible scenarios for terrorists wiping out humanity with stolen nuclear materials", said Dr William Potter, of the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California. There is still scope for such acts to cause huge loss of life, but the challenge of preventing nuclear terrorism is "manageable", he said.As for those pesky asteroids, well, according to Nasa's expert on asteroid...