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WireThe Ides of March · Issue the ThirdReconstructedThe Ides of March, 44 BC
“Accursed Casca, what doest thou?”
Julius Caesar, dictator, as Casca struck the first blow
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Friday, February 7, 1964Issue the FirstA day per issue
Lets through only what was published by the issue’s date.
Issue · 9 Nov 1989Picks the day’s stories and plans the layout, keeping in mind the whole series.
Written in the voice of the day, with real quotes from the people who were there.
Checks every line against its source. Strikes anything it can’t trace, and anything that wasn’t known yet.
Sets the order, edits to about 1,500 words, picks the pictures and signs off for delivery.
Real. Every fact and quote is cited to a source from the time. For ancient events, which had no newspapers, items are rebuilt from the historians and labelled Reconstructed.
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