Word: samuel
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Witness how often the same basic innovation was made independently by different people in different places at roughly the same time. And witness--as testament to the impetus behind easing communication--how often those independent breakthroughs were in information technology itself: the telegraph (Charles Wheatstone and Samuel F.B. Morse, 1837); color photography (Charles Cros and Louis Ducos du Hauron, 1868); the phonograph (Charles Cros--again!--and Thomas Edison, 1877); the telephone (Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell, 1876)--and so on, all the way up to the microchip (Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce...
Peeping warily into the new century, the cultural traditionalist (anyone over the age of 40) feels like saying, with Estragon in Waiting for Godot, "I can't go on like this." He forgets the brave and cheeky response Samuel Beckett, last of the classic modernists, gave to Vladimir: "That's what you think...
...Blain Sara Y. Blanchard Trevor S. Blake Michael C. Blaugrand Eliza C. Block Hannah I. Blumenthal Eric J. Bolesh Taylor M. Bollman Eddie J. Borey Michael Bortnik Hector C. Bove Christopher Boyd Michael C. Boyer Jordan E. Brand Owen I. Breck Lisa N. Brennan-Jobs Sarah H. Brierley Samuel W. Brooks Aileen B. Brophy Medora S. Bross Amanda B. Brown Amanda G. Brown Gloria A. Bruce Alexandra C. Budabin Skylar H. Byrd Maja K. Byrnes Ryan M. Calder David A. Campbell Robert J. Campbell Tova J. Carlin Alicia A. Carrasquillo Jason E. Carroll Alexander M. Carter Penelope A. Carter Shonnon...
...last year's election, Redmond finishedsecond in the race for vice president, running ona progressive platform. She was defeated byStewart's running mate Samuel C. Cohen '00, whoemphasized student services in his campaign...
Early this year, Samuel O. Thier, CEO of Partners, traveled to Washington to lobby members of Congress and of the Clinton Administration...