WWW

"The broadcast of the 1947 World Series clinched television's growing importance. By the end of the 1950s, nearly 90 percent of U.S. homes could boast at least one TV set. The world no longer needed to be imagined—now it could be seen and heard. America had a new communal fireplace."—Excerpt from entry for Television (#14 out of the 100 Events listed in Life: The Millennium, the Fall 1997 Special Double Issue)


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