Word: spaces
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Your account of the Irish elections [June 27] gave disproportionate space to my candidature but neglected to mention the relevant fact that I was elected...
...hope that politics can be surmounted both on earth and in space, Now is our chance to avoid a "space race" or "spaceship gap" What reasons can we give for not cooperating in the building of space stations, the staffing of research bases and the exciting exploring of stellar frontiers? (Sigh) No doubt we'll think of some...
When we get down to about No. 649 on the list, we can begin to indulge in space exploration...
...also a vindication of some traditional strengths and precepts in the American character and experience: perseverance, organizational skill, the willingness to respond to competition-even the belief that the U.S. enjoys a special destiny in the world. Like the World War II Manhattan Project that created the Abomb, the space program exemplifies a particularly American genius...
...liberals (along with radicals, many blacks, many of the young) who ask these nagging questions, with particular insistence pressing home the contrast between the accomplishments in space and failures on earth. In this decade the liberals made an issue of these national inadequacies and attempted solutions. Promises made stirred hopes and then frustrations. Other factors, most importantly the war, have set loose political and social demons that neither liberals nor conservatives can yet capture or placate. The events of last week underscored the irony of the liberals' present eclipse. In 1961 John Kennedy set for the U.S. the goal...