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  They had worked for months gathering one each of every computer that was built....
• The Israelites were all waiting anxiously at the foot of the mountain, knowing that Moses had had a tough day negotiating with God over the Commandments.
  Finally a tired Moses came into sight. "I've got some good news and some bad news, folks," he said....
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  Here is a classic example of the saga form, as told by Guy L....
• Internet n. The mother of all networks. First incarnated beginning in 1969 as the ARPANET, a U.
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  Used to refer to any scratch volume hooked to a computer during any risky operation as a replacement for some precious resource or data that might otherwise get trashed....
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  U.S. Navy Capt. Grace Murray Hopper has firsthand explanation....
• Much to his Mum and Dad's dismay, Horace ate himself one day.
  He didn't stop to say his grace, he just sat down and ate his face....