(Thanks also to Robert M. Schroeck for suggesting the name General

Nippon

Orbital Manufacturing as a possible answer to the question "what does
Genom *mean*?")

How about...
	GENOM - Genetic Engineering though Nuclear Osmosis Manipulation
		(A corporation dedicated to creating enhanced clones of
			people that, as a side effect, have poor grammar.)
or
	GENOM - General Electro-Nanal Omni-Machinery
		(A corporation that makes itsy-bitsy robots that act as 
			one. Hmmm.....)

	What does it REALLY mean? Absolutely Nothing! It really doesn't matter
anyway, it's what the corporation *itself* stands for that makes the
difference.
 

1970	*Nagumo Shinobu (neice to Asagiri Toshio) is born.

	A lot of nieces here...

	*The Harmonian agent known as Alistair McGovern arrives from the
	future to observe what his culture terms "The Wonder Years" of
	1970-2000.

	Someday you'll have explain this...

1978	
	*Patricia Delafontaine is born (Nov 1)
1979  	
	*Patricia DelaFontaine is born. (Oct 21)

	Umm.....??

1982	*Lydia Tomoe is born. (Jan 6)

	*shudder* Once again, I am reminded that you renamed the Outers...

	*Genom -- General Nippon Orbital Manufacturing -- is formed from a
	merger of Taito Petrochemicals, Archu Pharmaceuticals, and Hanto
	Steel, with the aim of constructing orbital factories within the
	decade.  Quincy Masada, mastermind of the merger, is on the board
	of directors from the very first day.

	Quincy is a genus unparalleled in actual history...

	*First commercial ground-to-orbit spacecraft launched, by Genom.

	This spacecraft was dubbed MIR.. >:)

	*The birth of Serenity prompts the Almighty to withdraw all other
	divinities from Earth.  (Most of the Hells reluctantly agree to
	do likewise, having seen ample evidence of Serenity's power.)
	Keiichi vanishes shortly after Belldandy is recalled.

	Her very presence encourages Utopia to be formed... drat 
	that demonic human urge to cause chaos....

2050	*The true purpose of the Cydonian pyramids on Mars is revealed,

as

	explorers complete a spell begun at the very end of the Silver
	Millenium.

	I only saw a part of it... but this sounds like 5th Element....

2073	*Former SDPC scientist Zefram Cochrane's test flight of his warp
	drive shuttle, with his financial backer, Linna Yamazaki, as
	co-pilot.  Linna dies shortly after the ship comes out of warp
	near Alpha Centauri.

	If you're interested: Read 'Federation.'  Adrik Thorson might
	be an interesting person to add to this... umm.. mulitverse.


Adam Christopher Leigh
Tempest Creations - http://dogbert.simplenet.com
Omicron@sprynet.com