Methanol Uses. While the U.S. government formerly mandated the addition of methanol to gasoline in the form of MTBE, an additive that boosted octane, such use has been reduced since the late 1990s following federal recognition of MTBE's high potential for contaminating groundwater (see References 8).
Biography by Hal Erickson. Actor George Hamilton got his start in high school dramatics. Movie-star handsome, Hamilton played the lead in his very first film, Crime and Punishment USA (1959). While his acting talent was barely discernible in his earliest effort, Hamilton steadily improved in such MGM films as Home From the Hill (1960), Where the Boys Are (1960), Light in the Piazza (1961).
32 photos: Celebrities battle cancer. Actress Rita Wilson, who can be seen on HBO's Girls, revealed April 14 that she is fighting breast cancer and has undergone a double mastectomy. She thanked her family, including husband Tom Hanks, and doctors for their support in a statement to People magazine. of 32. 32 photos: Celebrities battle cancer. Neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks, perhaps best known as the inspiration for the doctor portrayed by the late actor Robin Williams in the 1990 film Awakenings, revealed in February that he has cancer.