“We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background.”
“I suppose that the scope and implications of such forces have rendered my personal accounting ritual pretty much obsolete. That's how things sometimes go.”
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| Craig Kelly, Athlete (1966) |
| Abdul Qadeer Khan, Scientist (1936) |
| Sung Hi Lee, Model (1970) |
| Max Ernst, Artist (1976) |
| Marvin Gaye, Musician (1984) |