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<rss xmlns:ps="http://trailfire.com" version="2.0"><channel><title>"Liquid Corrections" by Bangle</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Bangle/trails/33005</link><category>Bangle/trails</category><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Mistake Out</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Bangle/marks/80852</link><description><![CDATA[<P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">It was originally called &quot;mistake out&quot;, the invention of Bette Nesmith Graham, a Dallas secretary and a single mother raising a son on her own. Graham used a kitchen blender to mix her first batch of liquid paper or white out, a substance used to cover up mistakes on paper.</SPAN></P>]]></description><category>Liquid Corrections</category><author>Bangle</author><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:59:23 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:80852</guid></item><item><title>Inventor and entrepreneur</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Bangle/marks/80856</link><description><![CDATA[<SPAN STYLE="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bette Graham established the Bette Clair McMurray Foundation in 1976 to support women’s welfare and generate more efforts in business and arts. She described herself as a “feminist who wants freedom for myself and everybody else.”</SPAN>]]></description><category>Liquid Corrections</category><author>Bangle</author><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:21:40 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:80856</guid></item><item><title>Inventor of the Week</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Bangle/marks/80859</link><description><![CDATA[<P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Typists prone to making mistakes when using old-fashioned typewriters or word processors have Bette Nesmith Graham to thank for creating one of the most simple, yet lifesaving inventions in all of office-supply history: Liquid Paper.</SPAN></P>]]></description><category>Liquid Corrections</category><author>Bangle</author><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:35:42 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:80859</guid></item><item><title>Promotions</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Bangle/marks/80873</link><description><![CDATA[<P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Remind your employees and customers that everyone makes mistakes! Custom imprinted liquid paper is a great office item for when your employees need a quick fix on a document. This site offers new applicators for the Liquid Paper that are both functional and attractive.</SPAN></P>]]></description><category>Liquid Corrections</category><author>Bangle</author><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:53:27 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:80873</guid></item><item><title>Expert Details</title><link>http://trailfire.com/Bangle/marks/80921</link><description><![CDATA[<P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Th inventor&nbsp;offered the product to <A HREF="http://en.allexperts.com/e/i/in/international_business_machines.htm"><SPAN STYLE="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">IBM</SPAN></A>, which declined. She sold the product, renamed Liquid Paper, from her house for 17 years. By <A HREF="http://en.allexperts.com/e/0/1968.htm"><SPAN STYLE="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">1968</SPAN></A> the product was profitable, and in <A HREF="http://en.allexperts.com/e/0/1979.htm"><SPAN STYLE="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">1979</SPAN></A> it was sold to the <A HREF="http://en.allexperts.com/e/g/gi/gillette_corporation.htm"><SPAN STYLE="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Gillette Corporation</SPAN></A> for $47.5 million and royalties.</SPAN></P>]]></description><category>Liquid Corrections</category><author>Bangle</author><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:29:47 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:80921</guid></item></channel></rss>
