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About his 1987 book the art of the deal. He kept saying we needed a president who could write a book like this. It sort of embodied who he was. So i figured i would read it. I never read art of the deal. I thought i might write something about it for the post. I learned he had written many books. Three memoirs, Business Advice books, even a golf book. So i decided to pick a few of them. Brian why did he interest you, other than the obvious . Carlos a lot of politicians memoirs tend to be sort of...

Let me give you a couple of case studies here to think about. What we will talk about today, first of all, i want to talk about the case that occurred not that long ago in my lifetime at least. Richard nixon was president in 1969, he inherited the vietnam war. As you know. Reports came to him that the north Vietnamese Forces were seeking sanctuary in then neutral cambodia. They were using that as a safe place, if you will, to launch invasions, operations against the south are in starting when ni...

Launched his campaign, he kept talking about his book. He kept saying we needed a president who could write a book like this. It sort of embodied who he was. So i figured i would read it. I never read art of the deal. I learned he had written many books. His advice books, even a golf book. So i decided to pick a few of them. Brian why did he interest you, other than the obvious . Pros a lot of politicians memoirs tend to be sort of formulaic. They are prescreened and scrubbed. They project sort ...

Actually fundamentally opposed to one another, wouldnt see eyetoeye on practically any other issue across the social and political speck spectrum and yet they all believe in breastfeeding. The point im showing is they all believe in Breast Feeding for fundamentally different reasons. They appropriated the symbol of breastfeeding but for many, many different reasons. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Welcome. My name is im a Vice President here at the cato institute, an...

Sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, alison stewart. Stewart good evening, and thanks for joining us. A giant winter snow storm ...

Until a few years ago, the textile industry in africa was pretty stable. Or at least until the liberalization of the market opened the door for cheaper competition from asia. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were lost, mostly in south africa, nigeria, kenya and in ghana. There, nine out of 10 textile workers lost their jobs, leaving only 3,000 today. Product piracy is adding to the woes of ghanas fabric producers. They are proud of their unique designs and traditional techniques. But just as for th...

Textile industry in africa was pretty stable. Or at least until the liberalization of the market opened the door for cheaper competition from asia. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were lost, mostly in south africa, nigeria, kenya and in ghana. There, nine out of 10 textile workers lost their jobs, leaving only 3,000 today. Product piracy is adding to the woes of ghanas fabric producers. They are proud of their unique designs and traditional techniques. But just as for the big fashion brands like a...

Attract investment. There are lots of places we will invest based on what is attractive to our shareholders. Ryan sony people i talked to said the Service Contracts t hat iran is offering now just are not competitive enough. You agree with that . Bob dudley hypercompetitive world is oil and gas. Whatever is being offering had to be very attractive. Ryan what you are hearing as iran speaks to the market, how do they compare . You mentioned mexico. Are the terms mexico is offering more competitive...

[inaudible conversations] good evening, everybody. Thank you so much for coming out tonight. So delighted to have such a great crowd on a middle of august summer evening. My names lissa muscatine, im one of the coowners of politics prose. On behalf of our staff and on behalf of my husband and coowner, brad graham, we really are excited to have all of you here. I do want to just mention a couple of things for those of you who dont know. We are also now running book operations in three of the six ...

Minutes. Steven scully amanda demmer, who was a doctoral student at the university of new hampshire, a native of buffalo, new york. These andcusing on let me start with the benchmark of 1975, the fall of saigon. Your recent picks up after that. Amanda demmer most histories your research fix up after that. Amanda demmer most research ends with the following saigon but my Research Begins with that moment and looks at the period often considered an epilogue, from the fall of saigon until bill clint...