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    music‚ poetry‚ drama and what not‚ is hard to escape from. Whether it is motherly‚ friendly or romantic love‚ we all have experienced it at some point in our lives. But does love actually exist? If we look at this question from Haruki Murakami’s Sputnik Sweetheart’s point of view‚ the answer would be no. Even though love is a major part of the book‚ there is not a single moment where two people are in love with each other. All the characters of the book have had some experience with love‚ but in

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    stunned the world by launching the first satellite into space orbit. Dubbed Sputnik‚ meaning "companion"‚ the tiny satellite orbited the earth every ninety-six minutes. Democratic Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson described the effect of the launch of Sputnik had on America as a "second Pearl Harbor"(Burns). Appearing akin to a small shooting star‚ Sputnik shot across the night sky to the astonishment of American onlookers. Sputnik emitted a radio signal with a faint‚ distinct "beep-beep" to aid the Soviets

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    decided to go with a simple option that took about thirty days to produce. Sputnik transitioned the world into a new age‚ an age that “changed the dynamics on Earth and what our society [was] going to be like.” As if America was not surprised enough from Sputnik‚ on Nov. 3rd‚ the Soviets launch Sputnik 2. This Sputnik is ten times as heavy as the original and has the capacity to carry live passengers. ’What we’ve learned from Sputnik is that a shock can get you started ... but you’d better have a good

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    American people. President Nixon made use of the men’s status as symbols of national pride to help ease domestic tensions boiling over by sending the astronauts on a national and world tour. Just as the soviets had flaunted their accomplishment after Sputnik‚ the United States did not miss the opportunity to boast. The astronauts toured the world as symbols of American values: freedom and

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    war started between the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic ‚USSR‚ and United States. This war was called the Cold War. There were many things invented during the cold war such as Sputnik. Sputnik was the very first satellite ever launched into space. This gave the USSR the edge on the race to space. (Sputnik) With Sputnik being launched‚ the US was falling behind in the Space Race. Something had to be done. They had to recruit Werhner Von Braun. This operation was called Operation Paperclip. Operation

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    An Increasingly Globalized Planet In his book A Brief History of Globalization: The Untold Story of Our Incredible Shrinking Planet‚ Alex MacGillivray interprets four historical phases: the Iberian carve-up‚ the Britannic meridian‚ Sputnik world‚ and the global-supply chain. -------------. MacGillivray supports his arguments of movement and trade creating an increasingly globalized planet by giving examples of the ? in the ? phase‚ ? in the ? phase‚ ? in the ? phase‚ and ? in the ? phase. MacGillivray

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    to an education. In Document 6‚ the launching of the Soviet Satellite Sputnik destroyed the US’s general education. The Soviet’s Satellite Sputnik was the first satellite to be released into the atmosphere. When the US found out about the Sputnik‚ the Cold War turned into the Space Race. The Space Race was a race between the US and the USSR to develop technology to allow “firsts” in exploration of space. The Sputnik forced the US to place a new national priority On research science. It

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    After the exhausting World War II‚ a new battle soon arose in the early 1950’s and continued throughout the 1960’s for the United States: the Space Race. This heated competition began between the democratic United States and the communist Soviet Union‚ lead to immense costs‚ heightened rivalries and a blooming of scientific discoveries in the space exploration field. The extensive Space Race was just an element to the Cold War‚ an expanding strain between the Allies and Axis powers. Each side wanted

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    The Space Race After fighting alongside each other in the Second World War to defeat a common enemy‚ differing political ideologies resulted in high tensions between the United States and the U.S.S.R. The Soviet communist government‚ initiated during the Bolshevik Revolution‚ posed a direct threat to the goal of the United States to spread democracy and capitalism across the globe. These rising tensions manifested themselves in the form of the Cold War-a series of conflicts and antagonism between

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    rumors that the U.S. was planning on launching a satellite into space‚ they hurried and built Sputnik 1‚ the first satellite in space on October 4‚ 1957. Sputnik one was about the size of a beach ball. Sputnik 1 had weight of 183.9 lbs. and a diameter of 22.8 inches. The U.S. was afraid that with Russia having great accomplishments‚ that they would be able to drop bombs on the U.S. After Russia built sputnik 1 they wanted to go further

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