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Earlier examples of The Cloud

Thanks to Heather for pointing out this E. B. White quote from... a long time ago.

I live in a strictly rural community, and people here speak of “The Radio” in the large sense, with an over-meaning. When they say “The Radio” they don’t mean a cabinet, an electrical phenomenon, or a man in a studio, they refer to a pervading and somewhat godlike presence which has come into their lives and homes (E. B. White, quoted in Tom Lewis, " 'A Godlike Presence: The Impact of Radio on the 1920s and 1930s," OAH Magazine of History, 1992)

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04 March 2008 at 23:54 in Culture / Society, Music, Places / Spaces |

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