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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

PRESIDENTS OF WAR:
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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC Sep 15

    First successful commercial photocopier introduced tomorrow 1959 on live TV at Sherry-Netherland Hotel NYC: #Xerox914pic.twitter.com/mlQlpTPLT8

    9:20 AM - 15 Sep 2018
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    17 replies 78 retweets 362 likes
      1. TrumpDefined‏ @TrumpDefined Sep 15
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Over under on how many days it took before someone tried to copy their ass?

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      1. Bob Nolan‏ @realBobNolan Sep 15
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        It jammed after 5 copies

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      2. VLH‏ @verittaholloway Sep 15
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Life changing....I remember helping my teacher run the machines in school that had a barrel that you hand cranked & the copies came out wet & the ink was blue

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      3. MG‏ @Standrd_Deviant Sep 15
        Replying to @verittaholloway @BeschlossDC

        Ditto!

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      1. Reality Monger / #ProtectMueller‏ @MikeFreethinker Sep 15
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        The Xerox 914 was so named because it could copy sheets as large as 9 by 14 inches. It was the first automatic office copier to make copies on plain paper, at a rate of seven copies per minute.

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      1. Gary Hymes‏ @garyhymes Sep 15
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        This was BIG TIME. I remember the mimeograph machines my parents used!

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      1. Francine Taylor‏ @FranTaylor117 Sep 15
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        And the day Xerox became a verb!

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      1. The Texas Ratchet‏ @Robert612272830 Sep 15
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        "It make your first copy in less than a minute. Seven copies a minute after that."

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      1. JACadwell‏ @JACBiff Sep 15
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Buy one and get a free technician

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      1. L.k. Moller‏ @LkMoller13 Sep 15
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Man you historians love to live in the past....lolo

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      1. slightly animated meat popsicle‏ @JohnGalenel Sep 15
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Same battleship green as every other piece of office furniture.

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      1. SpeedyeProducts‏ @speedyeproducts Sep 15
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        That one is an oldie. I bet if you look closer you could probably still see the imprint of someone's rear end still but then again why would anyone do that? #justsayin

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      1. Richard Hill AKA Don Ricardo 🧐‏ @ComicOzzie58 Sep 15
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        Cost: $11 million.

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      1. mistergizmo‏ @mistergizmo Sep 15
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        Ah, memories.

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      1. Barbara Kemery‏ @BarbaraKemery Sep 15
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        A wonderful invention!

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      1. Janet McCausland‏ @JanetMcCauslan1 Sep 15
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Live and in color (I'll betcha!)

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      1. Adrian‏ @AdrianAArnold1 Sep 15
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        How very declasse for the Sherry-Netherland.

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      1. DG‏ @Zsavooz Sep 15
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        my boss still uses that. In fact, he gave us cell phones with coin slots.

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