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Don't Stop the Presses!

Don't Stop the Presses!

A printing press stamps out copies of the Lassen Advocate in Calfornia in 1944. When editors yelled "Stop the presses!" they were being literal: If a late-breaking story were important enough, the printers could go through the costly and expensive process of stopping the printing and re-jiggering the type to include the new material.

Photo: John Florea./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Jun 01, 1944
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