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2007: Echoes of 1957?

This week's U.S. News & World Report, (August 13) features a series of articles collectively entitled "1957 -- A Year That Changed America Culturally, Scientifically, and Politically."

In the issue the magazine "takes a look at this seminal year -- one that planted the roots for a new America." Among the reports included:

  • "Eisenhower Confronts a Political and Moral Crisis in Little Rock"
  • "Sen. Strom Thurmond Sets a Filibuster Record to Hold Off Integration"
  • "With Launch of Sputnik, the Soviets Open a New Frontier and Ignite the Space Race"
  • "John Glenn Orbits the Earth, Setting Another Record"
  • "The Dodgers Move to California, and the World Follows"
  • "From the Wreckage of World War II Came a Vision for a Unified Europe"
  • "The Bloody Battle of Algiers Demonstrated a Terrorist Playbook"
  • "Ghana's Independence Set Off a Chain of Freedom in Africa"
  • "The Edsel Went From Wundercar to Laughingstock"
  • "The Laser Beam Revolutionized Medicine and Industry"

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