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As president of the American Historical Association, I started a programme to make dissertations into e-books in 1999. Before I knew it, I was involved in other electronic projects. Harvard invited me to become director of the libraries in 2007. ”
Theodore Roosevelt had drawn public attention to his attractive family in order to create a bond with ordinary Americans. Eleanor Roosevelt had successfully broached the idea that a First Lady could be nearly as much a public figure as her husband. ”
No other animal bonds to a human being the way a dog does. And I suspect there is no other animal to which human beings can bond the way we can bond to a dog. ”
When you form a band, you form a real relationship that's like a marriage. It's an emotional connection, especially when you're young... because you don't know what's out there. ”
I started using the Internet when I was 12 years old. I would go into chat rooms and flirt. It was the beginning of the Internet for young people. ”
However, we might oppose it, abortion is a sad feature of modern life. ”
We mustn't forget we chose the name 'WWW' before there was even one line of code written. We could do that because the Internet as an infrastructure was already there. ”
When we have all data online it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems that humankind faces. ”
There has been talk in Europe about American hegemony being somehow based upon the use of the dollar in the world. I just don't see that connection at all. ”
It's extraordinary that revolutions taking place around the world were sparked by communication on the Internet. ”