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The Devil's Dictionary: Litigation
by Ambrose Bierce LITIGANTLIVERLITIGATION -n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.The Devil's Dictionary: Piano
by Ambrose Bierce PHYSIOGNOMYPICKANINNYPIANO -n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by pressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience…November 2000 News and Events
WorldYugoslavia Joins United Nations (Nov. 1): General Assembly welcomes new democratic government. Yugoslavia had been ostracized from UN during Slobodan Milosevic's eight-year rule.…Walt Whitman: Calamus
CalamusIn Paths UntroddenScented Herbage of My BreastWhoever You Are Holding Me Now in HandFor You, O DemocracyThese I Singing in SpringNot Heaving from My Ribb'd Breast OnlyOf the Terrible…Weather: Let's See How It's Done
Let's See How It's DoneWeatherLet's See How It's DoneNow for the Real WorkGoing Into the Upper AirBring on the MachinesWhat About the Five-Day Forecast? You've gotten this far. You know the basics…Weather: Now for the Real Work
Now for the Real WorkWeatherLet's See How It's DoneNow for the Real WorkGoing Into the Upper AirBring on the MachinesWhat About the Five-Day Forecast? So far, most of what I knew about the weather…Blaise Pascal
A prodigy in math, Blaise Pascal was a contemporary and rival of René Descartes. In spite of years of ill health and a short life, Pascal accomplished quite a bit: he published a significant work…Alexander Graham Bell
Name at birth: Alexander BellAlexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, simple as that. Born and educated in Scotland, he was the son of Alexander Melville Bell, who was the inventor of "visible…Bill Richardson, 2000 News
energy secretary, lost virtually any chance to become Vice President Al Gore's running mate when two computer drives containing nuclear secrets were reported missing from the Los Alamos…The History of the ATM
The Question: Can you tell me who invented the ATM and when? The Answer: Don Wetzel is credited with inventing the Automated Teller Machine in the late 1960's,…Trending
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