Geldof, BBC plan 'A to Z'-of-mankind Web site

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Geldof, BBC plan 'A to Z'-of-mankind Web site

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Project to assemble largest living record of films, art, music, books, other documents from people in every social group.

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Dictionary of Man?
by x! April 20, 2007 7:41 AM PDT: Why start off with an exclusion of 1/2 of the population, especially given the stated objective of inclusion of "people in every group in society?

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