... it difficult now to thrive. In this century, electricity had made such tremendous progress that the past miracles of science fade into insignificance when compared with its present wonders. The telephone and the electric telegraph appear to us as child's playthings. We are no longer struck with wonder. Undoubtedly, the greatest wonder of science today, is the wireless. Invented in 1895 ... quarter of the twentieth century. In the beginning, the scientist could send a message on the wireless up to a limited distance. Today, we can flash a message from the South Pole to the North Pole. Th...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... let him down, and "My Name is Yon Yonson," a song which has no ending. Late some nights, the narrator gets drunk and begins to call up old friends on the telephone. A few years ago he tracked down Bernard O'Hare, an old war buddy of his, using Bell Atlantic phone operators. When he tracked his old friend down, he asked if Bernard ... jobs, and tried to keep up work on his Dresden novel all this time. He actually did go to see Bernard O'Hare just a few weeks after finding him over the telephone. He brought his young daughters, who were sent upstairs to play with O'Hare's kids. The men co...

• Word Count: 7795
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: High School