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Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Michael Finley Column. (Originated from Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn.)
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Jun. 5--We think we live in such interesting times, and that such dazzling figures stride the technological bulwarks. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates,
Ross Perot! Surely, computerwise, you could not beat the 20th century for fascinating entrepreneurs.
Not so fast, silicon breath. The 20th century has had its share of characters and gadgets, but to find the true innovators you have to go way back, to the 1600s.
That was the century when European savants began building tools to perform the tough computations that fascinated them. The bead abacus, which had sufficed ...
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J. Gresham Machen: The power of theological reflection
Magazine article from: Trinity Journal
; ...factor is the influence of Machen's Southern roots. As indicated above, Machen was born and reared in Baltimore...deep South. His father Arthur had started attending the...the States. In addition, Arthur Machen had, in 1861, declined...
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Bye to Leavitt, Machen — sage, moderate voices
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; ...with a smile. My first encounter with Machen was at the press conference when he...president of the U. Suffice it to say that Machen's predecessor wasn't the glowing success that Machen has been. Since Arthur K. Smith was the first president of...
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Mons: myth or miracle?
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo
; ...Clarke ties its conception firmly to Arthur Machen (1863-1947), the Welsh-born...tales rooted in the supernatural. As Machen himself recalled, headlines about...story, The Bowmen, describes what Machen calls the Retreat of the Eighty Thousand...
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The Angel of Mons: Phantom Soldiers and Ghostly Guardians.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Folklore
; ...continues) because the journalist Arthur Machen wrote a fictional short story "The...explanations are possible. Either Machen based his story upon reports and...no such contemporary reports, and Machen spoke truly when he asserted that...
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Rumours of Angels: a response to Simpson.(Topics, Notes and Comments)(response to commentary by Jacqueline Simpson )
Magazine article from: Folklore
; ...73). We agree on this point: Arthur Machen's claim that his fantasy, The...permission to reprint the story (Machen 1915, 14). All the requests...one these reprints, credited to Arthur Machen. What happened next is conjecture...
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Books: The book that changed me - julian lloyd webber
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen When did you first read it? I came...John Ireland was heavily influenced by Machen and at the time I was recording his...you so much? It is almost certainly Machen's finest book, his masterpiece...
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BOOKS: CROWLEY'S TENTACLES So mote it be! Suzi Feay looks at the profound influence of the occult on literature and finds that all magical roads seem to lead to one man; The Dedalus Book of the Occult By Gary Lachman DEDALUS pounds 9.99 pounds 9.99 (+ pounds 2.25 P&P PER ORDER) 0870 800 1122 Magic and Witchcraft By Nevill Drury THAMES & HUDSON pounds 19.95 pounds 17.95 (+ pounds 2.25 P&P PER ORDER) 0870 800 1122
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...hardback. It was a first edition of The Shining Pyramid by Arthur Machen (Martin Secker, 1925), still in its dustjacket...when I went back I could never find the shop again. Arthur Machen's weird tales have a unique atmosphere, both dreamy...
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Dead and gone?
Magazine article from: Musical Times
; ...particular influence that the writer Arthur Machen (1863-1947) had for Ireland...my music if they have never read Machen') in the avowedly 'celtic' works...spirit of ecstasy conjured up by Machen's work as 'a solitary condition...
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The Great God Pan
Newspaper article from: Windy City Times
; ...Sherman from the novella by Arthur Machen At: WildClaw Theatre Company...20 Runs through: March 30 Arthur Machen's 1890 novella deserves its...Robert Louis Stevenson and Arthur Conan Doyle. But Machen's liberal invocation of themes...
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The season of mellow fruitfulness is also fright time.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Thomas Burke, Sarah Orne Jewett, Arthur Conan Doyle and Amelia B. Edwards...hasn't published, though, is Arthur Machen and anyone with the least interest...substantial omnibus reprints all of Machen's best-known stories, including...
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