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...Sputnik Sweetheart, by Haruki Murakami. (Knopf...
...number," she says. In seconds, Ashton's smiling mom appears in real time on the computer screen. "Good morning, Princess," Tawny Kaleita-Sniderman says. Ashton chatters about Saturday's plans--bowling with Dad and the YMCA Indian Princesses, then a sleepover at a friend's house. "Mom, put Sputnik up, please," she squeals. Kaleita-Sniderman gently holds a bewildered-looking dog with pointy brown ears to the camera. Ashton reads a list of jelly-bean flavors--almond, chocolate pudding, sardine. "Wait a minute!" her mom laughs. "Sardine...
...Popular Television at Syracuse University, agrees. "Back in the '50s, this was a rare instance where intellectualism and knowledge were really celebrated," he says. "Education had suddenly become a very, very front-page, desirable commodity. Bear in mind that these quiz shows are playing right about the time that Sputnik is being launched--and we can't get a rocket...
...looks like the space race all over again -- and just like the Sputnik beat the United States into orbit, the Russians got into Kosovo before anyone from the West. And that?ll be a blow to a lot more than just NATO?s pride, because it shows that Moscow -- although it's all described as a big "mistake" -- doesn?t accept the second-fiddle peacekeeping role envisaged for it by the Western alliance. While NATO forces delayed their entry into the province for logistical reasons Friday, a Kosovo-bound Russian convoy raced through Serbia from Bosnia, bearing the markings...
...news brief once it's revealed that the rocket is actually bound for the moon, manned by a doddering old scientist, an alcoholic sailor, a teenage reporter named Tintin and his cockerspaniel, Snowy. No need to stop the presses--it's only the premise for Destination Moon (1959), a Sputnik-era comic book by the Belgian illustrator Herge. Tintin and his two human companions, Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus, eventually touch the surface of the moon, romp about in orange space suits and endure who-knows-how-many plots to steal the spacecraft. While the plot summary may sound like...