Word: stepanovich
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After the easy, articulate warmth of its own astronaut. Colonel John Glenn, the U.S. was surprised last week by the somewhat uncommunicative attitude of Russian Cosmonaut Gherman Stepanovich Titov. Sent to the U.S. to share his hard-won knowledge of travel in space with Glenn and COSPAR (Committee on Space Research), Titov seemed under orders from home to do nothing of the sort. In press conferences and TV interviews, he was always guarded and reluctant in his replies, though often breezy enough when it came to enjoying the crowds...
...drama of the Soviet Union's Major German Stepanovich Titov as he whirled in orbit around the planet was of a sort to excite the spirit of men everywhere. But the cold war was still to be won or lost on earth itself, with Berlin the major battleground. And last week, as the whole German question seemed to be reverting to a talking matter, the U.S. was moving with an increasing confidence that might well prove to be more important than space rivalry...
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