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All MessagePads also come with the capability to send and receive faxes through PC Card or serial modems. This capability is not only an excellent way to communicate with the non-Newton enabled, it can often serve as a makeshift substitute for a printer or scanner.
Reflections on Life Without Newton - TidBITS
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Both English and French are ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European, a prehistoric language that has been reconstructed by linguists and that is the ancestor of most European and some Asian languages.
The Grammarphobia Blog: Why Old English Looks So Weird
grammarphobia.com
In fact, far more Asian workers moved to the Americas in the 19th century to make sugar than to build the transcontinental railroad.
Making Sugar, Making 'Coolies': Chinese Laborers Toiled Alongside Black Workers on 19th-Century Louisiana Plantations
theconversation.com
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