The Total Syntheses of (±)-Neolemnane and (±)-14-Deoxyisoamijiol: “The Rest of the Story”§§A daily occurrence throughout much of the nation is the broadcast of the news and commentary by Paul Harvey, a colorful, enthusiastic and extremely conservative journalist who includes in his reports a tersely worded news item recently featured by one of the major wire services and then proceeds to tell “the rest of the story …” This chronicle of our total syntheses of the sesquiterpenes neolemnane and neolemnanyl acetate and the dolastane diterpene 14-deoxyisoamijiol has been prepared in this spirit and is largely based on the Ph.D. dissertations of Kenneth Hull (University of Georgia; Athens, 1989), Derric Lowery (University of Georgia; Athens, 1989) and Clay Ringold (University of Georgia; Athens, 1989).††Dedicated to Professor Paul A. Grieco on the occasion of his receipt of the 1991 Award for Creative Work In Synthetic Organic Chemistry (ACS).