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2 unusual facts about The Third Wave


Ellwood P. Cubberley High School

Cubberley was the scene of the Third Wave experiment by teacher Ron Jones, which was later portrayed in a film and TV special.

The Third Wave

The events of the experiment were adapted into a 1981 TV special, The Wave, and a young-adult novelization by Todd Strasser, who used the pen name Morton Rhue to write it.


Mike Greenly

In an article for The Futurist magazine (March-April, 1987), Greenly credited the Alvin Toffler book, The Third Wave, as being a catalyst in his decision to change his life and become an active part of the Information Age.

Prosumer

In the 1980 book, The Third Wave, futurologist Alvin Toffler coined the term "prosumer" when he predicted that the role of producers and consumers would begin to blur and merge (even though he described it in his book Future Shock from 1970).


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Bến Củi

The fighting in the Bến Củi rubber plantation is sometimes referred to as the Third Offensive, in reference to the third wave of massed North Vietnamese troops after the Tet Offensive.

Sá Nogueira

Rolando Sá Nogueira, (Lisbon, May 19, 1921 – November 18, 2002), was one of the most important painters of his generation; according to José Augusto França, he belongs to the third wave of 20th Century modern Portuguese painters 1.

Your Horoscope for Today

The song features Tavis Werts on trumpet, and Dan Regan on trombone (both were members of the third-wave ska band Reel Big Fish).