"Re-inventing the wheel" (1965)

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REINVENT THE WHEEL--233,000 Google hits, 48,200 Google Groups hits
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ProQuest's back! And it looks like the Chicago Tribune is now at 1969, so
they've added one whole year!
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"Reinvent the wheel" seems old-hat now, but it doesn't appear to date
further back than the 1960s. OED added this entry in September 2003, so we
shouldn't be able to beat it using the ProQuest New York Times that was out  then.
ProQuest can get a little tricky; "re-invent" and "re-inventing" have  different
hits.
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(OED)
DRAFT ADDITIONS SEPTEMBER 2003

<NOBvent, v.
to reinvent the wheel: to recreate something  that already exists, esp. at
the expense of unnecessary time and effort; to  repeat effort needlessly.

1967 Times 27 Jan. 9/3 (advt.) We are not out to do a technological
equivalent of re-inventing  the wheel.
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(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
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New York Times (1857-Current  file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 13, 1965. p. X20 (1
page)
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Thursday
10:30 (13) SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TV JOURNAL "How to Succeed Without
Re-Inventing the Wheel"
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_Television_
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82)
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jun 17,  1965. p. 67 (1
page)
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10:30 (13) SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TV JOURNAL: "How to Succeed Without
Re-Inventing the Wheel"
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