-The MH system was originally developed in 1979 by the RAND
-Corporation. It was written primarily by Bruce S. Borden after ideas
-in a memo by R. Stockton Gaines and Norman Z. Shapiro. In 1982,
-the University of California, Irvine took up maintenance of the
-software, under the direction of Marshall T. Rose and John L. Romine.
-
-nmh was started by Richard Coleman (coleman@math.gatech.edu) after
+The MH system was originally developed by the RAND Corporation,
+starting in 1979. It was written mainly by Bruce S. Borden after
+ideas in a memo by R. Stockton Gaines and Norman Z. Shapiro. In
+1982, the University of California, Irvine took up maintenance of
+the software, under the direction of Marshall T. Rose and John L.
+Romine.
+
+Nmh was started by Richard Coleman (coleman@math.gatech.edu) after