Word: russianize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...addition to generous financial rewards, Russian scientists enjoy official recognition for their achievements," Doty said. "Another very important advantage is the absence of governmental interference, and this factor alone leads many students into scientific careers...
...Russian respect for the physical sciences stems from the influence of a single individual, Doty explained. "He was the great American scientist, Langmuir, who convinced leading Soviet scientists in the Thirties that, if they did basic research well, practical results would follow...
Doty attacked the "popular notion" that the Russian challenge exists only in science and material progress. "While watching our comparative production curves," he noted, "we tend to overlook certain problems in education, for instance." A million Russians speak English, he said, and a "dynamic concern for learning English penetrates much of the society...
White said he was confident that the satellite fell shortly after 9:56 a.m. (EST), when it was sighted at the University of Stanford. The fall of the Russian satellite was close to the time predicted by the Smithsonian staff. White explained, because of cloudy winter weather and because Sputnik fell over the sea, no exact time or place of its death...
...Five Russian university rectors are touring Harvard this week, J. Hampton Robb '21, University Marshal, said yesterday. The Russians, all scientists, arrived in Cambridge on Monday, as part of the State Department's Foreign Leaders exchange program...