There is also a letter written to his mother in 1975 telling her for the very first time about his "vital importance to the outcome of World War II" and his contribution to the development of the modern computer.

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However, the secrecy surrounding Colossus meant that the contribution it made to the war, and the work of its creators was overlooked for decades.

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Yesterday, Christopher Holton, Director of the Center's Divest Terror Initiative, appeared on CNBC's "Power Lunch" to discuss the contribution this campaign can make to the war effort and the specifics of the bill under consideration in Ohio.

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The contribution reflects Germany's ambition, 56 years after the end of World War Two, to take a more prominent role in world affairs that matches its economic might.

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During the first Gulf war, Japan's only contribution was money, even though it imports 90% of its oil from the Middle East.

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"In the end we managed to achieve mutual understanding, and this was a contribution to the changing atmosphere between our country and the West, and to the end of the Cold War, " he said.

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Shorn of such spicy intrigues, in fact, there would be little new in Pakistan's latest contribution to the war on terror.

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