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Re: Sighting Sputnik First
- To: Bhavani <http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl>
- Subject: Re: Sighting Sputnik First
- From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)
- Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:02:49 -0700
- Cc: http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg
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This reminds me.  "sputnik" is pronounced "spoootnik", i.e., a hard "u".
That's the Russian way -- perhaps true to his heritage?
 > From: Bhavani <http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl>
 > Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 08:30:52 -0400
 >
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 > Sighting Sputnik First 
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 > 
 > Three Connecticut Residents Were Quick To Spot A Satellite
 > 
 > By WILLIAM WEIR
 > Courant Staff Writer
 > 
 > October 3 2007
 > 
 > The launch of Sputnik 50 years ago Thursday meant different things to
 > different people: testimony to humanity's ingeniousness, a salvo in the
 > Cold War, a wake-up call to Americans. 
 > 
 > The complete article can be viewed at:
 > http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-sputnik.artoct03,0,7545137.story 
 > 
 > Visit Courant.com at http://www.courant.com