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Movies have a way of distilling moments in our culture, and 'Gravity' may be the defining film for the lost-in-space year of 2013: Nothing works.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Culture Defining Film Gravity May Moments Movies Nothing Our Way Works Year

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Things felt pretty crazy on earth in 1969, but the cosmos was friendly. Astronauts had round-trip tickets; they got home.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Astronauts Cosmos Crazy Earth Felt Friendly Got Had Home Pretty Things Tickets

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The Chinese are planning a manned mission to the moon sometime after 2020, and subsequently, to Mars. The U.S. has abandoned that dream.

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Topics: Abandoned After Chinese Dream Mars Mission Moon Planning Sometime Subsequently To The Moon

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The revival of the U.S. financial system after the crash of 2008 is arguably the Obama administration's biggest domestic policy success.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Administration After Arguably Biggest Crash Domestic Financial Financial System Obama Policy Revival Success System

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Making economic policy isn't a popularity contest, especially when financial markets are in a panic.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Contest Economic Economic Policy Financial Financial Markets Making Markets Panic Policy Popularity

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Helping Wall Street regain confidence and stability was the last thing an angry public wanted in 2009 after the markets crashed. But without such support, markets can buckle and liquidity can disappear - often for decades, as has been the case in Japan.

~David Ignatius

Topics: After Angry Been Case Confidence Crashed Decades Disappear Helping Japan Last Liquidity Markets Often Public Regain Stability Street Support Thing Wall Wall Street Wanted Without

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When historians look at the Obama presidency, they're likely to credit him especially for doing the politically unpopular things that were needed in 2009 to salvage the financial wreckage.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Credit Doing Financial Him Historians Likely Look Needed Obama Politically Presidency Things Unpopular Were

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The worm of paranoia begins to eat into even the hardest adversary.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Adversary Begins Eat Even Hardest Paranoia Worm

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World War II provides a string of celebrated cases of deception and manipulation.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Cases Celebrated Deception Manipulation Provides String War World World War World War Ii

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Maybe it's the spy novelist in me looking for a future plot, but I hope the U.S. and its allies are thinking how to operate 'unconventionally' in Iraq and Syria in ways that undermine the Islamic State.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Allies Future Hope How Iraq Islamic Looking Maybe Me Novelist Operate Plot Spy State Syria Thinking Undermine Ways

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: May 26th, 1950

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