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Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new technology of capitalism. Since this technology, through the camera and the telegraph, also transformed the reporting of war in the press, it now brought its reality more vividly before the literate public.

—from The Age of Capital, 1848-1875, a book by Eric Hobsbawm

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Default (English) 122,529 76.38 July 27, 2008
Instant Death Mode 250 75.47 March 30, 2010
Riverside Middle School 6 47.83 March 1, 2011
##typeracer 5 68.71 January 19, 2021
TypeRacer Classic 5 58.35 May 13, 2021
Global Food 3 76.22 July 21, 2010
All TypeRacer Texts 2 73.74 September 22, 2021