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Gauravonomics Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
David Sasaki compares our collective enthusiasm for the power of social media to bring about positive social change to Alexander Graham Bell’s hope that the telephone will lead to world peace – We have many reasons to be hopeful… However, in the case of the recent conflicts in Georgia and Palestine, we have also seen how citizen [...]
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fictions (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Saw this ad on CBR: God help me, I had to find out. Yes, it really is what I thought it was. Ladies & Gentlemen, the synoposis for Helen Killer #1: 1901, Helen Keller, with the aid of a fantastical device invented by her friend and mentor, Alexander Graham Bell, regains her sight and hearing as well as near super-human strength and agility. Helen is enlisted by the Secret Service...
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Royal Pingdom (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
... of Bauhaus and a pioneer of modern architecture. Shown on the Google homepage on May 18, 2008. Alexander Graham Bell (1847 - 1922) Scientist and inventor famous for, among other things, inventing the telephone. Shown on the Google homepage on March 3, 2008. Luciano Pavarotti (1935 - 2007) Italian opera singer, part of “The Three Tenors” and one of the world’s most famous vocal...
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Modern Mechanix (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
... William Gray’s mind clicked with an idea. Pay telephones did not exist in those early years of Alexander Graham Bell’s invention. Gray saw a need. He proceeded to find a way. His first thought was a box covering up the mouthpiece. On the principle of the slot machine, the box could slide open and give the caller access to the telephone. But the telephone company officials who...
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The Sun's Financial Diary (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
... New Year February 14, 2008: Happy Valentine’s Day February 29, 2008: Leap Year March 3, 2008: Alexander Graham Bell’s Birthday March 17, 2008: St. Patrick’s Day March 20, 2008: Persian New Year March 20, 2008: First Day of Spring April 22, 2008: Earth Day April 30, 2008: Design by Jeff Koons May 11, 2008: Mother’s Day May 16, 2008: Invention of the First Laser May 18, 2008:...
