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Time-binding time: a history of time-measurement and time-management in America.
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ACCORDING TO GENERAL SEMANTICS, time-binding--our ability to use language and other symbols to transmit information across time--is a unique characteristic that defines us as humans. That definition piqued my interest and I decided to do some historical research on how time-measurement and time-management have developed in America. (1)
Measuring and Managing Time: Pre and Post-Revolution
In the eighteenth century, America was largely a nation of small farmers and fishermen, and time was closely related to agricultural tempos, tides, weather, and seasons. ...
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Newspaper article from: New Haven Register
; ...Awards Program at 2 p.m. June 20 at the Adanti Center of Southern Connecticut State University. The guest speaker will be Scot X. Esdaile, president of the Connecticut State National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The 2009 Community...
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X-TRA,X-.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; Byline: PHIL KLOER Cox News Service - All these X's are getting X-cessive. The No. 1 movie is ``X2: X-Men United,'' at least until ``Matrix Reloaded'' opens Wednesday. (Ending with X...
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X Inside Introduces New High-Performance WIndows 95 X Server; Accelerated X for Windows 95 Offers Local Client Support and 20 Percent Greater Performance Than Competitive Products.
Business Wire
; SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 1995--X Inside Inc., a leading supplier of Intel-based UNIX X servers, announced the availability of Accelerated X for Windows '95, a streamlined PC X server that delivers maximum...
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X-51A WAVERIDER GETS FIRST RIDE ABOARD B-52
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...issued the following press release: The X-51A Waverider was carried aloft for the...was a key milestone in preparation for the X-51 to light its supersonic combustion ramjet...for the program," said Charlie Brink, X-51A program manager with the Air Force...
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X-Window package provides user interface for embedded real-time applications. (Microware Systems Corp.'s OS-9/X-Windows program development software) (product announcement)
Magazine article from: EDN
; ...9 real-time operating-system users can add X-Window-based graphical user interfaces to their...based embedded real-time systems. The OS-9/X-Window software package provides a complete X-Window client implementation. You can use the...
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X-Ray Industries expanding through acquisitions, on-site training program.(News)(Company overview)
Magazine article from: Crain's Detroit Business
; ...Byline: Tom Henderson Business is booming for X-Ray Industries Inc., a Troy-based company...acquisition before the end of the year. X-Ray Industries also is increasing its local...Technical Center vocational school. Last year, X-Ray Industries purchased the building behind...
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X-37 Technology Demonstrator Completes Structural Tests in Preparation for Atmospheric Flight Test Program.
Newspaper article from: Advanced Materials & Composites News
; ...approach and landing test version of the X-37, a spacecraft designed to demonstrate...to verify the structural integrity of the X-37 Approach and Landing Test Vehicle...simulating flight stresses and loads the X-37 may encounter in flight. "An initial...
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X-rays, gamma rays added to list of human carcinogens.(News)
Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News
; The addition of x-rays and gamma rays to a national list of...tests. Three types of ionizing radiation--x-rays, gamma rays, and neutrons--were...contend that there is a risk associated with x-ray or gamma ray exposure at any level...
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X-PRO Delivers Secure Encrypted IP-to-IP Communications.
PR Newswire
; ...Xten Networks, publisher of the award winning X-PRO softphone, announced today that it has released the X-Cipher Secure Voice Service - providing Secure Encrypted Communications via X-PRO with Encrypted Voice. X-PRO with Encrypted...
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X-Mine Licenses Opus and X-Miner to Isis Pharmaceuticals.
Business Wire
; ...Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 6, 2002 X-Mine Inc. today announced that it has licensed Opus and X-Miner to Isis Pharmaceuticals. Opus is a biological knowledge database developed by X-Mine and X-Miner is a gene expression analysis...
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