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Google's Two Revolutions
Newsweek
"If it weren't for the war, and the terrorism and the election, 2004 might well be remembered as the Year of Search," writes Steven Levy. "Maybe it will anyway. If we get through these rocky times with civilization's underpinnings intact, our descendants, swimming in total information, might be required to memorize the date of last August's Google IPO as a cultural milestone."
Moyers Gets in the Last Word
The Washington Post
Tom Shales writes that Moyer's insistence on being armed with facts to support his opinions "left him at something of a disadvantage when dealing with people who think the way to win an argument is to scream the loudest."
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