[net.misc] A History of the World in Fifty Words

arnoult@kvue.UUCP (Sharon Arnoult) (04/20/85)

		     A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN FIFTY WORDS
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The winner of the 1984 "History Today" Christmas Competition was Colin Morris,
of London W2, for his entry:


       `Until 3,000  million  years  ago  we  can  say  not  a  lot
       happened  although  further study would not come amiss. Then
       signs of life appeared, including some large  reptiles  and,
       very  recently,  bipeds. It is too soon to say whether these
       bipeds will play an important part in the world's story.'


					From "History Today" March 1985