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...scene, but his presence was everywhere. American audiences might have been able to recognize the outlines of one of his Labor Day telethons hovering in the ozone over JFK Stadium. There were the earnest testimonials from world figures (Bishop Desmond Tutu, Coretta King, Pelé and Linus Pauling). Phone numbers for call-in pledges appeared frequently. There were also, of course, the performers, trotted on according to strict show-biz standards: lightweights draw the day shift, heavies get prime time...
Corbett cites one primary source he found as a major inspiration throughout the writing of the book, making the analogy of “Linus with a security blanketâ€: a letter from 1892, written by James Kivlan of Notre Dame to Yale’s Coach Walter Camp...
...course, Schulz was right too. The early comics are crude, but that's what makes them fascinating. Back then, Lucy is still a toddler, as are Schroeder and Linus, and Snoopy is a puppy. Charlie Brown's best friend is named Shermy, and they spend most of their time with a blond named Patty (not Peppermint) and cruel Violet, a winsome brunet who gets a lot of semifunny gags involving mud pies. Charlie Brown is more into golf than baseball, and he says, "Great Scott!", not "Good Grief!" His personality is different too. He's more of a mischievous prankster...
...LINUS TORVALDS by Lawrence Lessig...
...August 1991, a student at the University of Helsinki posted a request to an Internet discussion group asking for help on a project to build a free computer operating system (OS). Linus Torvalds wanted an OS that he could tinker with. But neither Apple nor Microsoft was much interested in giving away the codes that make their machines...