The letter was a prelude to the injunction battle that is due to get under way this week.

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The prelude to Moran's story--the so-called battle of the currents--is well known: By the mid-1880s Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse were at war to see which method of power distribution would prevail.

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By 1904, Japan had astounded the world by defeating Russia's imperial fleet in the Battle of Tsushima Straits, which was also a prelude to the Japanese invasion and occupation of Manchuria.

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