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In 1959 Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev visited the USA.
On his visit Khrushchev had two requests: to visit Disneyland and to meet John Wayne, Hollywood’s top box-office draw. Due to the Cold War tension and security concerns, he was famously denied an excursion to Disneyland. He did, however, declare Iowa corn superior to Soviet corn.
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These computer generated images, made available by Britain’s Ministry of Defense in London, Thursday Feb. 26, 2009, show a series of gadgets that could provide a front-line force of the future, in line with the ministry’s new Defense Technology Plan. The Defense Technology Plan is the first time the MOD has unveiled its long-term research [...]
