"Including the recent discoveries of the men who work behind the iron curtain?"
"Russia has no corner on brains."
"Nor have we; just remember that."
"So this miraculous gadget came from Russia?"
"It did."
"Indeed!"
"Don't scoff. Doctor Velikof escaped with his life."
"And the machine, of course."
"Yes. He stole the pilot model and escaped."
"Go on, Newton." Mangler's use of Phillip Newton's last name was scornful; a sore spot frequently rubbed raw. Mangler used it in this same scornful tone whenever Newton tried to invade the premises of science. Mangler's tone inferred that Newton was identifying himself with Sir Isaac Newton; it was on the same level of ridicule as calling a bald man 'Curly'.