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Anyone have a verifiable citation on this credit to Dyson? Initially my spider sense tingled when something so perfunctory was attributed to a CEO of Coca Cola
by viae 17y ago
Anyone have a verifiable citation on this credit to Dyson? Initially my spider sense tingled when something so perfunctory was attributed to a CEO of Coca Cola (a common theme to chain emails).
Some quick Googling credits a 1996 Commencement Address at Georgia Tech. However, another source says it's from the book, Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas.
Does anyone have a source at Georgia Tech that can confirm/deny 1996's commencement address?
- codebaobab 17y agoThe oldest use of the quote that I can find is from a 1998 WHO document: http://www.searo.who.int/en/Section1257/Section2181/Section2211/Section2219_11481.htm http://www.searo.who.int/en/Section1257/Section2181/Section2... “Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas" is a 2001 novel by James Patterson, so I don't think that can be the origin of the story. Also, note that Brian Dyson was CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE) not CEO of The Coca Cola Company (NYSE: KO). (When people say "Coke" or "Coca Cola" they almost always mean the latter, not the former.) http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=5949&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=477942 http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=5949&fuse...