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• n  apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
• v  send cables, wires, or telegrams

• A good way to seize the Government of Greece is first to occupy the central telegraph office at Athens with a handful of men.
• Loping over the Equatorial highlands of Kenya, about midway along-Africa's Cape Town-to-Cairo all-British backbone, a giraffe ran into a telegraph pole last fortnight and .
• Until Thomas Alva Edison tackled the problem of multiple telegraph messages, the most that could be sent over one wire at a time was two.

• telegraphy
• cable
• wire

News & Articles

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• India's Last Telegram Will Be Sent in July
  A stamp for the Indo-European Telegraph, circa 1967 (Shutterstock/ rook76 ) In 1850, the British inventor William O'Shaughnessy -- who would later become famous for his early experiments with medical cannabis ...
  June 17, 2013 - The Atlantic via Yahoo! Finance
• Police investigate shooting on Berkeley’s Telegraph Avenue
  Shots fired in the early hours of Sunday morning on Telegraph Avenue near the intersection with Channing Way may have been related to a big party being held on “frat row” in the 2400 block of Warring Street, according to Lt. Andrew Rateaver of the Berkeley Police Department. The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 16. There are no known injuries or suspects at this time. Early ...
  June 16, 2013 - Berkeleyside
• Telegraph Obscura Cacao
  Review of Telegraph Brewing Company's Obscura Cacao.
  June 15, 2013 - Santa Barbara Independent

Quotes

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• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Boston Globe (registration)
  Even if a president is considering action in Pakistan, "I think it is a very big mistake to telegraph that, and to destabilize the Musharraf regime which is fighting for its life against the Islamist extremists who are in bed with Al Qaeda and...
• David Wilshire in guardian.co.uk
  In a statement, Mr Wilshire said: "The allegations made in today's Telegraph are deeply hurtful and unjustified. However, my constituents rightly want reassurance and the truth. This is why I have referred this to the commissioner. I am confident...
• Aidan Barclay in BBC News
  Aidan Barclay, chairman of the Telegraph Media Group, said: "Bill Deedes was a giant among men, a towering figure in journalism, an icon in British politics and a humanitarian to his very core. He was part of the fabric of the Telegraph. In his...