And discouraged about the future. They feel themselves helpless. They feel theyre powerless. Theyre cynical about politicians, which, of course, just strengthens politicians vulnerability to powerful corporate and other lobbyists in washingtonon, d. C. When i lost a lot of friends in traffic accidents as a young man, i looked into how they could have been saved. D. And they could hae been saved by seatbelts and they could have been saved by a a whe series of engineering devices that we now take for granted in our cars c collapsing steering columns, better r brakes, betr tires, head restraints, padded dash panels. All of these and more were developed by engineers a long, long time ago, but they werent applied because the companies, as somethose of you who are a little older remember the companies were selling style and horsepepower. Ththey werent selling engineeeering integegri, and as a result, hundreds of thousands of people were killed, and millions were injured in ways that todays c
And discouraged about the future. They feel themselves helpless. They feel theyre powerless. Theyre cynical about politicians, which, of course, just strengthens politicians vulnerability to powerful corporate and other lobbyists in washingtonon, d. C. When i lost a lot of friends in traffic accidents as a young man, i looked into how they could have been saved. D. And they could hae been saved by seatbelts and they could have been saved by a a whe series of engineering devices that we now take for granted in our cars c collapsing steering columns, better r brakes, betr tires, head restraints, padded dash panels. All of these and more were developed by engineers a long, long time ago, but they werent applied because the companies, as somethose of you who are a little older remember the companies were selling style and horsepepower. Ththey werent selling engineeeering integegri, and as a result, hundreds of thousands of people were killed, and millions were injured in ways that todays c
And discouraged about the future. They feel themselves helpless. They feel theyre powerless. Theyre cynical about politicians, which, of course, just strengthens politicians vulnerability to powerful corporate and other lobbyists in washingtonon, d. C. When i lost a lot of friends in traffic accidents as a young man, i looked into how they could have been saved. D. And they could hae been saved by seatbelts and they could have been saved by a a whe series of engineering devices that we now take for granted in our cars c collapsing steering columns, better r brakes, betr tires, head restraints, padded dash panels. All of these and more were developed by engineers a long, long time ago, but they werent applied because the companies, as somethose of you who are a little older remember the companies were selling style and horsepepower. Ththey werent selling engineeeering integegri, and as a result, hundreds of thousands of people were killed, and millions were injured in ways that todays c
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