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Start-up Nation : The Story of Israel's Economic MiracleShortly after they returned to the United States, Peres took Schwimmer to meet Ben-Gurion, who was on his first visit to America as IsraelБЂ™s prime minister. БЂњYou learning Hebrew now?БЂ«was Ben-GurionБЂ™s first question when Schwimmer reached out his hand to greet him; they had met repeatedly during the War of Independence. Schwimmer laughed and changed the subject: БЂњNice girls here in California, donБЂ™t ya think, Mr. Prime Minister?БЂ«Ben-Gurion wanted to know what Schwimmer was working on. Schwimmer told him about the renovations he was carrying out. БЂњWhat? With this tiny collection of machines you can renovate planes?БЂ«Schwimmer nodded. БЂњWe need something like this in Israel. Even more. We need a real aviation industry. We need to be independent,БЂ«Ben-Gurion said. This was exactly what Schwimmer had discussed with Peres, while flying over the tundra. БЂњSo, what do you think?БЂ«Unbeknownst to Schwimmer, Ben-Gurion had recently instructed the Technion to build an aeronautical engineering department ...» |
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