I grew up in space times. In seventh grade, my teacher said we had to do math and science because the Russians were beating us in the space race. It was a real catalyst. I wish we had something like that today.
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When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300 C.
The Russians used a pencil.
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The Yale president must be a Yale man. Not too far to the right, too far to the left or a middle-of-the-roader. Ready to give the ultimate word on every subject under the sun from how to handle the Russians to why undergraduates riot in the spring. Profound with a wit that bubbles up and brims over in a cascade of brilliance. You may have guessed who the leading candidate is, but there is a question about him Is God a Yale man
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Of course, I cannot say what real success we had. The Russians have not told us. Still I imagined that I alone had caused the Russian attack to fail. Perhaps the official account of the Russian War Office will give me details after the war.
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The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev.
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The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Clearly the Russians disagree with us about the use of force in Iraq. They, however, have no good ideas about how to solve the problem,
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There are now two great nations in the world, which starting from different points, seem to be advancing toward the same goal: the Russians and the Anglo-Americans...Each seems called by some secret design of Providence one day to hold in its hands the destinies of half the world.
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The Russians love Brooke Shield because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev.
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The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.
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Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution.
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Come to find out, the Russians were never afraid of the Americans. They weren't raised with the terror that we were by our government. I was struck by how our government misled us for so many years.
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NASA spent 8 years and $12 billion developing a pen that could write in space. It needed to be able to work in zero gravity, at a range of temperatures, and be able to write on any surface. The Russians used a pencil.
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The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.
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'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?
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The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.
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