Posts tagged ‘newspapers’
Pen is mightier than the sword
English novelist and dramatist Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873) uttered the wise words “The pen is mightier than the sword” in […]
05/31/2012. Category: literature. Tags: newspapers, philosophy
The Wiki Week
“You show people what you’re willing to fight for when you fight your friends,” Hillary Clinton once said. If only all politicians […]
12/06/2010. Category: politics. Tags: newspapers, wikileaks
Odd entries in the old Encyclopedia Britannica
The first edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica was published in 1768 and included some odd entries, even describing monsters as a human species. […]
08/20/2010. Category: odd. Tags: britannica, encyclopedia, newspapers
Odd-price tickets of items started by newspaper publisher
When Melville Stone started the Chicago Daily News in 1875, the price was a penny. At first, circulation was high but then […]
03/16/2010. Category: money. Tags: credit card, newspapers, price, shopping
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