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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...l bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family incomparable love, care, feeding, fun, and friendship. Also for he... ...uried freshwater sands That process may have spawned the Indo-European family of languages, but lacking the power of the written word, nobody fro... ...istent with the generally accepted theses that the Indo-European language family (1) evolved from one aboriginal ancestral tongue and (2) split geog... ... Prestige for the victor was based on goods brought back and shared with family and friends. The victors didn‘t collect heads or scalps. Nor did th... ...a machine that would mean ―more books—more education for all.‖ Whitelaw Reid and Darius Ogden Mills Soon thereafter, Mergenthaler‘s need for fun... ... continue his experiments coincided with New York Tribune editor Whitelaw Reid‘s need to reduce his paper‘s high labor costs. Reid, born in 1837 ... ...s managing editor in 1868. Shortly after Greeley‘s death four years later, Reid—with his father-in-law‘s backing—seized both financial and editorial ... ...‘s backing—seized both financial and editorial control of the Tribune. Reid‘s wife, Elizabeth, was one of the two children of multimillionaire Dar... ...ounts the saga of Mergenthaler‘s alliance with Mills‘ son-in-law Whitelaw Reid. Access to his father-in-law‘s fortune let Reid make a typesetting...

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