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greatness

in History: from “Reversal of Fortune” By Arkady Ostrovsky: “For the Western world, 1929 marked the start of the Great Depression. For the Soviet Union, it was a year that Joseph Stalin called the ‘Great Break’—the ending of a short … Continue reading

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international space station

As a literature and architecture appreciator, I love Russia. So as both a Cold War kid and a science nerd, I think everything about the space station is really cool: Space Station at 10: Much Teamwork, Less Science (discovery.com) “The … Continue reading

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Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Charleston, SC (day 3)

Notes from the current exhibition “Great Women in History,” which includes letters or various documents connected to the women featured: Lise Meitner, the Austrian physicist who was part of the team discovered nuclear fission (with Otto Hahn), the ‘mother’ of … Continue reading

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Los Angeles’ sister cities

“A sister city is created when a community decides to join with a community in another nation to learn more about one another, and to develop friendly meaningful exchanges. A sister city becomes official with the signing of a formal … Continue reading

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Fear, War, and the Bomb

Fear, War, and the Bomb: Military and Political Consequences of Atomic Energy (Great Britain, 1948) by P.M.S. Blackett (a former member of the British Advisory Committee on Atomic Energy) Notes and facts: strategic (independent of other military operations, far into … Continue reading

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