One by one he would conjure up the world’s major electronic papers; he knew the codes of the more important ones by heart, and had no need to consult… - Arthur C. Clarke

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One by one he would conjure up the world’s major electronic papers; he knew the codes of the more important ones by heart, and had no need to consult the list on the back of his pad. Switching to the display unit’s short-term memory, he would hold the front page while he quickly searched the headlines and noted the items that interested him.