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Old 10-29-2014, 02:20 AM
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Happy Birthday Dr. Salk

File this one under true 'American Exceptionalism'.

'The Gift of Health'
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Happy_100th_Dr_Salk

"Salk famously told Edward R. Murrow: "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" Happy Birthday Dr. Salk.
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Old 10-29-2014, 10:55 AM
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File this one under true 'American Exceptionalism'.

'The Gift of Health'
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Happy_100th_Dr_Salk

"Salk famously told Edward R. Murrow: "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" Happy Birthday Dr. Salk.
File this under true 'American/Jewish Exceptionalism'.

The Jewish contribution to Modern Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Economics and Medicine is extraordinary.

The children of Jewish immigrants, contemporaries of Jonas Salk, made great use of the inexpensive City University of New York.

To your memory Sir, from one who witnessed the awful effects of polio on a
close friend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Salk
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Old 10-29-2014, 11:06 AM
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Old 10-29-2014, 12:12 PM
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Thanks Salk. My dad talks about Polio occasionally.

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Old 10-29-2014, 12:56 PM
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File this under true 'American/Jewish Exceptionalism'.

The Jewish contribution to Modern Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Economics and Medicine is extraordinary.

The children of Jewish immigrants, contemporaries of Jonas Salk, made great use of the inexpensive City University of New York.

To your memory Sir, from one who witnessed the awful effects of polio on a close friend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Salk
Same here Don.

Ben Bradlee of the Washington Post was another who had polio.
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