314:. In the book he also argued that the global monetary system is the central cause of societal ills and that eventually the money system would give way to a moneyless technologically governed society that would eliminate waste, poverty, and crime. He was also one of the few scientists to argue that humans are probably alone in the universe. Catran appeared on radio and television arguing his point. A national television show attempted to arrange a debate between Catran and Sagan, but Sagan turned it down.
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which provided exercises for speakers to lose accents across fifteen different languages. He became a prominent radio show host in the 1980s and 1990s in Los
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to speak with various accents. He would eventually write a series of books and audio tapes entitled
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Catran, Jack (Sep–Oct 1982). "Space Sneeze Causes Earth Colds: Evolution
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Catran, Jack (Sep 15, 1981). "A Word of
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Vier, Gene (Aug 7, 1988). "'Walden' Insightful But
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139:(January 22, 1918 – January 18, 2001) was an American
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Beller, Miles (Dec 5, 1985). "Modern-Day Henry
Higgins".
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Remy, Holly O. (June 9, 1993). "Accenting the
Positive".
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Catran, Jack (Dec 4, 1980). "NASA Scientists In Orbit".
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where he assisted callers in eliminating their accents.
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which thoroughly attempted to refute the whole idea of
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Catran, Jack (Dec 20, 1982). "E.A. = Enough Already".
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The Plot to Win the White House and How It Succeeded
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616:"Experimental College Survives Odd Courses"
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709:. Washington, D.C. pp. 32–33.
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667:Catran, Jack (Aug 19, 1982).
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499:"Schwartz Play Will Continue"
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669:"Flushing Out Space Fallout"
556:"Waste of Money, He Charges"
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355:Walden Two
304:Carl Sagan
244:psychology
220:psychology
206:under the
182:family in
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35:1918-01-22
259:Feedback.
174:Biography
149:scientist
692:Newsweek
289:Newsweek
188:New York
184:Brooklyn
153:linguist
126:(1980),
112:Linguist
104:Engineer
77:American
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