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<h1>Time and the Arts</h1>
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@(#)tz-art.htm 7.59
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<p>
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Please send corrections to this web page to the
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<a href="mailto:tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov">time zone mailing list</a>.</p>
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See also <a href="tz-link.htm">Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</a>.</p>
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<p>
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Data on recordings of "Save That Time," Russ Long, Serrob Publishing, BMI:</p>
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<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Karrin Allyson</td></tr>
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<tr><td>CD</td><td>I Didn't Know About You</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1993</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Label</td><td>Concord Jazz, Inc.</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ID</td><td>CCD-4543</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Track Time</td><td>3:44</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Karrin Allyson, vocal;
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Russ Long, piano;
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Gerald Spaits, bass;
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Todd Strait, drums</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Notes</td><td>CD notes "additional lyric by Karrin Allyson;
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arranged by Russ Long and Karrin Allyson"</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1 star</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A1fdovw9ta92k">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Kevin Mahogany</td></tr>
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<tr><td>CD</td><td>Double Rainbow</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1993</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Label</td><td>Enja Records</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ID</td><td>ENJ-7097 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Track Time</td><td>6:27</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Kevin Mahogany, vocal;
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Kenny Barron, piano;
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Ray Drummond, bass;
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Ralph Moore, tenor saxophone;
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Lewis Nash, drums</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1.5 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Akikbikzjbb19">AMG Rating</a></td><td>3 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Joe Williams</td></tr>
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<tr><td>CD</td><td>Here's to Life</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1994</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Label</td><td>Telarc International Corporation</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ID</td><td>CD-83357</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Track Time</td><td>3:58</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Joe Williams, vocal
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The Robert Farnon [39 piece] Orchestra</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Notes</td><td>This CD is also available as part of a 3-CD package from
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Telarc, "Triple Play" (CD-83461)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>black dot</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Amyyvad6kt8w1">AMG Rating</a></td><td>2 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Charles Fambrough</td></tr>
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<tr><td>CD</td><td>Keeper of the Spirit</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1995</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Label</td><td>AudioQuest Music</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ID</td><td>AQ-CD1033</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Track Time</td><td>7:07</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Charles Fambrough, bass;
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Joel Levine, tenor recorder;
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Edward Simon, piano;
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Lenny White, drums;
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Marion Simon, percussion</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Notes</td><td>On-line information and samples available at
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<a href="http://wwmusic.com/~music/audioq/rel/1033.html">http://wwmusic.com/~music/audioq/rel/1033.html</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A5rkcikcjbb89">AMG Rating</a></td><td>unrated</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr>
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<hr />
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<p>Also of note:</p>
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<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Holly Cole Trio</td></tr>
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<tr><td>CD</td><td>Blame It On My Youth</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1992</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Label</td><td>Manhattan</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ID</td><td>CDP 7 97349 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>37:45</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Holly Cole, voice;
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Aaron Davis, piano;
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David Piltch, string bass</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Lyrical reference to "Eastern Standard Time" in
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Tom Waits' "Purple Avenue"</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2.5 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A3a9ds37ya3dg">AMG Rating</a></td><td>3 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>unrated</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Milt Hinton</td></tr>
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<tr><td>CD</td><td>Old Man Time</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1990</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Label</td><td>Chiaroscuro</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ID</td><td>CR(D) 310</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>149:38 (two CDs)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Milt Hinton, bass;
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Doc Cheatham, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, trumpet;
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Al Grey, trombone;
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Eddie Barefield, Joe Camel (Flip Phillips), Buddy Tate,
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clarinet and saxophone;
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John Bunch, Red Richards, Norman Simmons, Derek Smith,
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Ralph Sutton, piano;
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Danny Barker, Al Casey, guitar;
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Gus Johnson, Gerryck King, Bob Rosengarden, Jackie Williams,
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drums;
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Lionel Hampton, vibraphone;
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Cab Calloway, Joe Williams, vocal;
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Buck Clayton, arrangements</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Notes</td><td>tunes include Old Man Time, Time After Time,
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Sometimes I'm Happy,
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A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight,
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Four or Five Times, Now's the Time,
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Time on My Hands, This Time It's Us,
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and Good Time Charlie
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On-line samples available at
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<a href="http://www.chiaroscurojazz.com/albuminfo.php4?albumid=49">http://www.chiaroscurojazz.com/albuminfo.php3?albumid=49</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A1cbyxdab8ola">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4.5 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Alan Broadbent</td></tr>
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<tr><td>CD</td><td>Pacific Standard Time</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1995</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Label</td><td>Concord Jazz, Inc.</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ID</td><td>CCD-4664</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>62:42</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Alan Broadbent, piano;
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Putter Smith, Bass;
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Frank Gibson, Jr., drums</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Notes</td><td>The CD cover features an analemma for equation-of-time fans</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1 star</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Asl8zefuk8gfo">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Anthony Braxton/Richard Teitelbaum</td></tr>
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<tr><td>CD</td><td>Silence/Time Zones</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1996</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Label</td><td>Black Lion</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ID</td><td>BLCD 760221</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>72:58</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Anthony Braxton, sopranino and alto saxophones,
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contrebasse clarinet, miscellaneous instruments;
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Leo Smith, trumpet and miscellaneous instruments;
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Leroy Jenkins, violin and miscellaneous instruments;
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Richard Teitelbaum, modular moog and micromoog synthesizer</td></tr>
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<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>black dot</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A5bkvu3xjan1k">AMG Rating</a></td><td>unrated</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Jules Verne</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Book</td><td>Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours
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(Around the World in Eighty Days)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Wall-clock time plays a central role in the plot.
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European readers of the 1870s clearly held the U.S. press in
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deep contempt; the protagonists cross the U.S. without once
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reading a paper.
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An on-line French-language version of the book
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"with illustrations from the original 1873 French-language edition"
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is available at
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<a href="http://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j">http://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j</a>
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An on-line English-language translation of the book is available at
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<a href="http://www.literature.org/Works/Jules-Verne/eighty">http://www.literature.org/Works/Jules-Verne/eighty</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Film</td><td>Bell Science - About Time</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Notes</td><td>The Frank Baxter/Richard Deacon extravaganza.
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Information is available at
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<a href="http://www.videoflicks.com/titles/1035/1035893.htm">http://www.videoflicks.com/titles/1035/1035893.htm</a></td></tr>
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</table>
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<ul>
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<li>
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An episode of "The Adventures of Superman" entitled "The Mysterious
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Cube," first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers
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of WWV to broadcast time signals five minutes ahead of actual time;
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doing so got a crook trying to beat the statute of limitations to
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emerge a bit too early from the titular enclosure.
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</li>
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<li>
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The 1960s ITC television series "The Prisoner" included an episode
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entitled "The Chimes of Big Ben" in which our protagonist tumbled to
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the fraudulent nature of a Poland-to-England escape upon hearing "Big
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Ben" chiming on Polish local time.
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</li>
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<li>
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The series "Seinfeld" included an episode entitled "The Susie," first
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broadcast 1997-02-13, in which Kramer decides that daylight saving time
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isn't coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour.
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</li>
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<li>
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The syndicated comic strip "Dilbert" featured an all-too-rare example of
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time zone humor on 1998-03-14.
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</li>
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<li>
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Surrealist artist Guy Billout's work "Date Line" appeared on page 103
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of the 1999-11 Atlantic Monthly.
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</li>
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<li>
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"Gloom, Gloom, Go Away" by Walter Kirn appeared on page 106 of Time
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Magazine's 2002-11-11 issue; among other things, it proposed
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year-round DST as a way of lessening wintertime despair.
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</li>
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<li>
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The "20 Hours in America" episode of "The West Wing," first aired 2002-09-25,
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saw White House staffers stranded in Indiana; they thought they had time to
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catch Air Force One but were done in by intra-Indiana local time changes.
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</li>
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<li>
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"In what time zone would you find New York City?" was a $200 question on
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the 1999-11-13 United States airing of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"
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"In 1883, what industry led the movement to divide the U.S. into four time
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zones?" was a $32,000 question on the 2001-05-23 United States airing of
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"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" At this rate, the million-dollar time-zone
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question should have been asked 2002-06-04.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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<li>
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"We're been using the five-cent nickle in this country since 1492.
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Now that's pretty near 100 years, daylight savings [sic]."
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(Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in "Animal Crackers", 1930,
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as noted by Will Fitzerald)
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</li>
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<li>
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"Good news."
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"What did they do? Extend Daylight Saving Time year round?"
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(Professional tanner George Hamilton, in dialog from a
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May, 1999 episode of the syndicated television series "Baywatch")
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</li>
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<li>
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"A fundamental belief held by Americans is that if you are on land, you
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cannot be killed by a fish...So most Americans remain on land, believing
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they're safe. Unfortunately, this belief—like so many myths, such as that
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there's a reason for 'Daylight Saving Time'—is false."
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(Dave Barry column, 2000-07-02)
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</li>
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<li>
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"I once had sex for an hour and five minutes, but that was on the day
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when you turn the clocks ahead."
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(Garry Shandling, 52nd Annual Emmys, 2000-09-10)
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</li>
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<li>
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"Would it impress you if I told you I invented Daylight Savings Time?"
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("Sahjhan" to "Lilah" in dialog from the "Loyalty" episode of "Angel,"
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originally aired 2002-02-25)
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</li>
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"I thought you said Tulsa was a three hour flight."
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"Well, you're forgetting about the time difference."
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("Chandler" and "Joey" in dialog from the episode of "Friends" first
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aired 2002-12-05)
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"Is that a pertinent fact,
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or are you trying to dazzle me with your command of time zones?"
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(Kelsey Grammer as "Frasier Crane")
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"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
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It is already tomorrow in Australia."
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(Charles M. Schulz, provided by Steve Summit)
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