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From: "Peter Neilson" <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 06:59:11 -0400

On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 06:43:50 -0400, Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> wrote:

Those with long memories may remember "Great Square Inches in Art," a parody published in Saturday Review in 1963 and read on radio stations WCLV (Cleveland), WCRB (Boston), and WFMT (Chicago) around 1970 and 1980. I had planned to provide a link to the magnificent reading by Robert Conrad of WCLV, but could not find it. Instead, I am going to attempt to put a partial transcription into a subsequent posting.

HERE IT IS! Just in time for viewing Great Art on smartphones.

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Great Square Inches In Art

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RE: HTML5, Phones, and Tables: From: Chris Despopoulos
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