Your interesting article in the October issue about Sputnik caused me to remember the words of a ditty written by a Democratic Party pundit shortly after we Americans had been made aware of the satellite’s “derisive chirp” as it orbited the heavens:

Sputnik, Sputnik in the sky Beeping, beeping as you go by Have you room inside your hullnik For Ike, and Dick, and Foster Dullnik? Readers can direct e-mail to the editors at mail@americanheritage.com.