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Eisenhower: “The second is that I am privileged to push a button--and of course, this being a scientific thing, you couldn't do it by…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 1954
The second is that I am privileged to push a button--and of course, this being a scientific thing, you couldn't do it by just pulling a cord--this is very scientifically done, this dedication.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks at Dedication of the Boulder, Colorado, Laboratories of the National Bureau of Standards

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