"Common Sense and Sputnik"
Magazine article
By: Life
Date: October 21, 1957
Source: "Common Sense and Sputnik." Life 43, October 21, 1957, 35. Reprinted in Voices of the American Past: Documents in U.S. History, vol. 2. Raymond M. Hyser and J. Chris Arndt, eds. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1995, 200–202.
About the Publication: Life magazine was launched in 1936 by Henry Luce, the publisher of Time magazine. A weekly news and picture magazine, Life was popular for several decades and was best known for its photography. The magazine has been credited with inventing the photo essay. The weekly ceased publication in 1972, but semiannual special editions of Life were published until it was re-established as a monthly in 1978.
Introduction
The United States long felt safe due to its geographical isolation from the rest of the world. In 1823,...
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