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Then came the grant. The school received a small technology stipend, and Marian, armed with the clunky optimism of dial-up, bought a subscription to Microsoft Encarta Online . Leo became obsessed with the year 1883
But one boy, a quiet, gangly freshman named Leo, fell in love with it. The man’s name was Frank Lambert, and he