The railway is a Soviet triumph of man over nature, built in an inhospitable land of extreme winter cold and mosquito-cloud filled summers.

BBC: A train to nowhere in Siberia

Yes, and to experience nature's annual gift of renewal, with a cold one in hand ... more Vivaldi, please.

FORBES: Digital Rules

At the time, some critics felt threatened by the design, calling it "cold" and "barren, " but most lauded this experiment in blurring the boundaries between house and nature.

WSJ: The Greening of a Midcentury Classic

In 1931, his Letter to Nature introduced a Cosmic Egg hypothesis, the notion that the entire universe originated in a cold, super dense state and expanded outward.

FORBES: European Space Agency Names Launcher after 'Father of the Big Bang'

The nature of the disagreement is similar to the main security controversy in the United States during the Cold War: Conservatives favored building up U.S. defense resources as the key to peace.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: About as Radical as The Reaganites