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9. TYPEWRITER After their invention in the 1860s, typewriters quickly became indispensable tools for practically all writing other than personal correspondence. They were widely used by professional writers, in offices, and for business correspondence in private homes.
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A Safeway Sampling Pavilion will provide free food samples and 18 food vendors will be set up around the site on Saturday at the Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle in the District.
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A column of smoke rises from an oil refinery in Baiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad, on Thursday. Sunni Muslim extremists who have taken over large portions of northern Iraq have shown their willingness to use oil supplies as a weapon. (Associated Press)
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Gina Cavallaro of Alexandria, Va., talks with an insurance agent after a large tree branch damaged her car during last night's storm in the Belle View neighborhood of Alexandria, Va., Thursday, June 19, 2014. The violent midnight storm damaged homes, cars and left thousands without power. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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A car remains crushed under pine trees in the aftermath of last night's storm in the Belle View neighborhood of Alexandria, Va., Thursday, June 19, 2014. The violent midnight storm damaged homes, cars and left thousands without power. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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A woman in a car passing by takes a photo of a large tree which was uprooted and crashed into a home at the corner of Belle View Blvd., and Tenth St., during last night's storm in the Belle View neighborhood of Alexandria, Va., Thursday, June 19, 2014. The violent midnight storm damaged homes, cars and left thousands without power. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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Neighborhood resident Colleen DiPietro takes a photo of a large tree which was uprooted and crashed into a home at the corner of Belle View Blvd., and Tenth St., during last night's storm in the Belle View neighborhood of Alexandria, Va., Thursday, June 19, 2014. The violent midnight storm damaged homes, cars and left thousands without power. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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Gina Cavallaro of Alexandria, Va., talks with an insurance agent after a large tree branch damaged her car during last night's storm in the Belle View neighborhood of Alexandria, Va., Thursday, June 19, 2014. The violent midnight storm damaged homes, cars and left thousands without power. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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Kat Pitsch walks her dog Arlo along Belle View Blvd., from her nearby home which is without power, in the aftermath of last night's storm in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, June 19, 2014. The violent midnight storm damaged homes, cars and left thousands without power. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) recovery team works at the site where military aircraft wreckage was found on Colony Glacier, Alaska, June 12, 2012. The surface was marked with deep crevasses so the team took numerous safety precautions to mitigate the risk. (U.S. Army via The Associated Press)
