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In 1880 the French captured Detroit but gave it back ... they couldn't get parts.
In 1914, the first crossword puzzle was printed in a newspaper.
The creator received $4000 down ... and $3000 across....
In 1915 pancake make-up was invented but most people still preferred syrup.
In a five year period we can get one superb programming language.
Only we can't control when the five year period will begin....
In a forest a fox bumps into a little rabbit, and says, "Hi, junior, what are you up to?
"I'm writing a dissertation on how rabbits eat foxes," said the rabbit....
In a medium in which a News Piece takes a minute and an "In-Depth" Piece takes two minutes, the Simple will drive out the Complex.
-- Frank Mankiewicz...
In a museum in Havana, there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, "one when he was a boy and one when he was a man.
-- Mark Twai...
In Africa some of the native tribes have a custom of beating the ground with clubs and uttering spine chilling cries.
Anthropologists call this a form of primitive self-expression. In America we c...
In America today ... we have Woody Allen, whose humor has become so sophisticated that nobody gets it any more except Mia Farrow.
All those who think Mia Farrow should go back to making movies whe...
In America, any boy may become president and I suppose that's just one of the risks he takes.
-- Adlai Stevenso...

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