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Article: The endorsement: Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- Article from:
- Esquire
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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They are weighty. That's the first thing you have to love about those 32 volumes. Snap them shut with conviction and marvel at that deep, resonant booming sound. It's the sound of gravitas, a sound no plasticky CD-ROM could impart. The second thing you have to love is the quirkiness. When it was first published in Edinburgh in 1768, the EB was both snooty and radical, presenting diagrams for midwives, criticizing Samuel Johnson's dictionary, and making clear its preference for dogs over cats. (Of the latter, it warned, they pretend ...
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Article: ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA SIGNS PACT WITH WPNI.
Worldwide Databases;
July 1, 1999 ;
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...Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Chicago, has ... Paul Hoffman, publisher of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. "For 231 years ... partnership marks the first time Encyclopaedia Britannica has included the content ...
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