1. University of Toronto Library, “Hughes (Elizabeth) Papers”; available online at http://www.library.utoronto.ca/fisher/collections/findaids/hughes_elizabeth.pdf.
2. “Mary Carmichael and Sharon Begley, “Desperately Seeking Cures,”
3. Henkles & McCoy, “1969”; available online at http://www.henkels.com/Timeline/Pages/TL1969.aspx.
4. Remarks during Special Joint Session of Congress in Washington, D.C., May 25, 1961; facts available online http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/history/.
5. William Safire, “In Event of Moon Disaster,” memo to President Richard Nixon, July 18, 1969; available online at http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/whitehouse-lost-space-scenarios.
6. Bruce Charlton, “Human capability peaked before 1975 and has since declined,” Bruce Charlton’s Miscellany blog, June 22, 2011; available online at http://charltonteaching.blogspot.com/2010/06/human-capability-peaked-about-1975-and.html.
7. Remarks on Al Jazeera’s Talk to Al Jazeera, June 30, 2010; available online at http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/talktojazeera/2010/07/201071122234471970.html.
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9. Jeanne Sahadi, “Obama sketches out recovery plan,” CNNMoney.com, January 3, 2009; available online at http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/03/news/economy/obama_stimulus/index.htm?postversion=2009010306.
10. Katrina vanden Heuvel, “A Trillion Dollar Recovery,”
11. Mark I. Pinksy, “Write Now,”
12. Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Address at the Dedication of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam,” September 30, 1935; available online http://books.google.com/books?id=SYeEmU2aW9EC&pg=PA311&lpg=PA311&dq=This+morning+I+came,+I+saw,+and+I+was+conquered,+as+everyone+would+be+who+sees+for+the+first+time+this+great+feat+of+mankind&source=bl&ots=_ei3wFH-9M&sig=zAhdn5KDbUAmQWQM9oNv6-UAN-8&hl=en&ei=3wLUTZOaIej30gGQ1JTYCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=This%20morning%20I%20came%2C%20I%20saw%2C%20and%20I%20was%20conquered%2C%20as%20everyone%20would%20be%20who%20sees%20for%20the%20first%20time%20this%20great%20feat%20of%20mankind&f=false.
13. Remarks made during an Urban Land Institute symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 8-9, 2009; facts available online at http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45376_Page2.html, http://atlincolnhouse.typepad.com/weblog/2009/12/talking-water.html, and http://www.uli.org/sitecore/content/ULI2Home/ResearchAndPublications/CenterfortheWest/WaterSummit.aspx.
14. Mushtaq Yufzai, “Taliban Commanders See Victory in the Sacking of U.S. General,”