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This message was drafted by General Eisenhower in case the D-Day invasion failed. He carried it in his wallet through the day. In the anticipation of the day, he mistakenly dated the note at July 5, instead of June:

Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone. – July 5

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work in progress newspaper spread – text from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, March 1981, a suggestion put forward by Robert Fisher, Harvard Professor and director of the Harvard Negotiation Project.

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#animation #gif #hand drawn animation

in event of moon disaster, speech written by William Safire for delivery by Richard Nixon, 1969. Frames made in Superpaint for Macintosh, 1986.

#animation #macintosh #typography #apollo 11 #moon landing #speech #richard nixon #neil armstrong #edwin aldrin

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text test: JFK’s undelivered speech to Dallas Trade Mart woven with LBJ’s speech delivered to Congress, 27 November 1963

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images from the Yellowstone National Park Photo Collection, Wind driven sage (ground) fire on Blacktail Plateau at night; Jim Peaco; September 9, 1988

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it was slack water – specification document

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it was slack water – quote (and title) from a series of questions put to Captain William Turner during the Mersey Inquiry into the sinking of the Lusitania

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