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Robert McNamara:
[referring to auto accident research at Cornell Aeronautical Lab]
They said "the main problem is packaging." They said "you buy eggs and you know how eggs come in a carton?" [...] Robert McNamara:
So Cornell said "they don't break because they're packaged properly. Now if we package people in cars the same way, we could reduce the breakage."
[referring to auto accident research at Cornell Aeronautical Lab]
They said "the main problem is packaging." They said "you buy eggs and you know how eggs come in a carton?" [...] Robert McNamara:
So Cornell said "they don't break because they're packaged properly. Now if we package people in cars the same way, we could reduce the breakage."
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They said The major problem is packaging
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They said You buy eggs and you know how eggs come in a carton
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I said I don't buy eggs My wife does it
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They said Well talk to her and you ask her
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when she puts that carton down
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on the drain board when she gets home do the eggs break
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And so I asked Marg and she said no
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So Cornell said They don't break because
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they're packaged properly
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Now if we packaged people in cars the same way
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we could reduce the breakage
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Movie Summary
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.