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In 1969: The U.S. celebrated the Apollo 11 astronauts in a hectic series of transnational events: a New York City ticker tape parade with a ceremony at the United Nations, a parade in Chicago and a state dinner with President Richard Nixon in Los Angeles.
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024
In the early days of hedge funds, so much trading was based on whim, instinct, and vaguely divinatory practices like tape reading, so called after the ticker tape used to transmit trades via telegraph.
—Tarpley Hitt, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
History of rolling the oak trees at Toomer's Corner
The tradition of covering Toomer's Corner in toilet paper has been an Auburn staple for decades, said to have begun when nearby drugstore, Toomer's Drugs, would throw ticker tape from telegraphs on powerlines when word was received of an away win.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
This weekday web, laced together by telephone, ticker tape, elevator, subway, and commuter train, made the modern city make sense.
—Curbed, 4 Jan. 2023
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024
In the early days of hedge funds, so much trading was based on whim, instinct, and vaguely divinatory practices like tape reading, so called after the ticker tape used to transmit trades via telegraph.
—Tarpley Hitt, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
History of rolling the oak trees at Toomer's Corner
The tradition of covering Toomer's Corner in toilet paper has been an Auburn staple for decades, said to have begun when nearby drugstore, Toomer's Drugs, would throw ticker tape from telegraphs on powerlines when word was received of an away win.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
This weekday web, laced together by telephone, ticker tape, elevator, subway, and commuter train, made the modern city make sense.
—Curbed, 4 Jan. 2023
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“Ticker tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ticker%20tape. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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