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RE: How Long Before Common Usage Becomes the Rule? (was: RE: New TECHWR-L Poll Question
Subject:RE: How Long Before Common Usage Becomes the Rule? (was: RE: New TECHWR-L Poll Question From:Paul Newbold <paul -dot- newbold -at- lightworkdesign -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:20:08 +0100
I presume you meant the 1860's Bruce!
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For example, the idea that "evolve" implies the
concept of progress seems to have become accepted in less than a decade,
probably due to Thomas Huxley's high profile defence of Darwin's ideas
in the 1960s.
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Bruce Byfield 604.421.7177 bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com
Paul Newbold
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