The Sumerians also seem to have invented the concept of siege warfare and, perhaps, even the `scorched earthâ tactic used effectively in military engagements ever since. What this means to an individual in the present is that, every day, one is making use of some aspect of Sumerian invention.
THE SUNDAY PROFILE : The 'Model Millionaires' : The Nortons rode the computer revolution to a state of financial bliss. Then they decided it was time to play--with their kids, art and charities. It is a rare quiet day at the Santa Monica villa of computer software king Peter Norton and his wife, Eileen.
Then they decided it was time to play--with their kids, art and charities. June 12, 1994|BETTIJANE LEVINE | TIMES STAFF WRITER. It is a rare quiet day at the Santa Monica villa of computer software king Peter Norton and his wife, Eileen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has recently come and gone, as have William Gray, head of the United Negro College Fund, a group of 800 looky-loos on a garden tour and the guests at a preschool fund raiser.