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Winamp's Woes: How the Greatest MP3 Player Undid Itself The story of a major music industry opportunity missed.
From Slate • Jul. 14, 2012
Two of his short stories, “My Double, and How He Undid Me,” and “The Man Without a Country,” are classics.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 by Various
He first came into notice as a writer in 1859, when he contributed the short story “My Double and How He Undid Me” to the Atlantic Monthly.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
With that he blew a bugle note, Undid the collar from his throat, Unbonneted, and by the wave Sat down his brow and hands to rave.
From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir
It may be a personal narrative, like Poe's "Descent into the Maelstrom" or Hale's "My Double, and How he Undid me;" it may be impersonal, like Mr. F.B.
From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various
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