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From the Ted Talk by Brian Crim: The Nazis recruited to win the Cold War

Unscramble the Blue Letters


While von Braun approached the US directly, other scientists had to be indfeitied and laoectd. One important asset in this effort was a Nazi-compiled list of Germany’s top scientists, which someone had unsuccessfully tried to dispose of by flushing down a toilet. But the US was just one player in this scramble. The Soviets were also competing to seize German brainpower, resorting to bribery and frcoed relocation. The French and British lacked the mneoy to lure the best gearmn brains, but that didn't stop them from kidnapping the osnaiccaol scientist. They also stole patents and dismantled factories to learn what they could. The US aocpparh, however, featured a different and particularly tempting brand of coercion: the promise to relocate entire German feiamils and grant them citizenship.

Open Cloze


While von Braun approached the US directly, other scientists had to be __________ and _______. One important asset in this effort was a Nazi-compiled list of Germany’s top scientists, which someone had unsuccessfully tried to dispose of by flushing down a toilet. But the US was just one player in this scramble. The Soviets were also competing to seize German brainpower, resorting to bribery and ______ relocation. The French and British lacked the _____ to lure the best ______ brains, but that didn't stop them from kidnapping the __________ scientist. They also stole patents and dismantled factories to learn what they could. The US ________, however, featured a different and particularly tempting brand of coercion: the promise to relocate entire German ________ and grant them citizenship.

Solution


  1. identified
  2. families
  3. approach
  4. forced
  5. money
  6. german
  7. located
  8. occasional

Original Text


While von Braun approached the US directly, other scientists had to be identified and located. One important asset in this effort was a Nazi-compiled list of Germany’s top scientists, which someone had unsuccessfully tried to dispose of by flushing down a toilet. But the US was just one player in this scramble. The Soviets were also competing to seize German brainpower, resorting to bribery and forced relocation. The French and British lacked the money to lure the best German brains, but that didn't stop them from kidnapping the occasional scientist. They also stole patents and dismantled factories to learn what they could. The US approach, however, featured a different and particularly tempting brand of coercion: the promise to relocate entire German families and grant them citizenship.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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wernher von 2
german scientists 2
national security 2


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