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Among the books is particularly related to our topic of this conference, a failed empire, the soviet union and the cold war from stalin to gorbachev and i also noted among his books zhavagos children and having just watched the movie yet again, i was drawn, of course, to that topic. Jeremy suri is a longtime friend of the Miller Center. As we did recently welcome him back for an American Forum on the latest book the impossible presidency which in light of the incumbent might be called the imposs...

This panel. We will go to a little bit past 1 00. I have just met vlad zubok last evening over dinner and after dinner in which we had a fascinating conversation about khrushchev and kennedy. But two slightly different khrushchevs and kennedys about whom weve been speaking and it was mrs. Jacqueline kennedy and mrs. Khrushchev. We might save that for a later discussion. But i really enjoyed that conversation. Vlad is a professor of international historio London School of economics. Hes an expert...

Khrushchev. And we might save that for a later discussion but i really enjoyed that conversation. Vlad is a professor of International History at the London School of economics, an expert on the cold war and soviet russian history and particularly intellectual history. Among the books is particularly related to our topic of this conference, a failed empire, the soviet union and the cold war from stalin to gorbachev and i also noted among his books zhivagos children and having just watched the mo...

First. Sure. Israaid led the group, and your coc. E. O. , yotam polizer, was actually on one of those visits not with this group with susan sarandon. Yes, yes. And we have some pictures of that. So exciting. Sure, yeah. She came to visit our site in berlin. We were so excited to have her join us. So how did the Bay Area Group come about . How did that visit come about . Yeah. So israaids u. S. Office is brand new. Were based here in the bay area. Our office is in palo alto. And one of the best p...

See a lot more direct water heaters used. In europe when on demand water heaters started xing out they were used at point of locations. They were not in the garage in the house, they were outside the bathroom near the kitchen, inside the kitchen area. I have a family that have homes with that sote up with that water heater. The energy is less and in the location of the ekitchen near. It makes sense to have. One of things i try to advocate with our inspector squz builders doing large remodels is ...

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Wednesday july 15, 2015. This is a regular meeting of aidatement appeals board. I would like to remind everyone to turn off electroning devices. The first item is roll call. Resident nel gar, here. Vice [inaudible] commissioner mar, here. Commissioner lee, here. Commissioner mu cray, present. Commissioner walker here. The next item is the oath. All parties giving testimony today please stand and raise your right hand. Is there a translator . Yes there is. Do you swear the testimony you are about...

Came across all these different gems of information that could have been the highlight of my career now. Coauthor richard paul and stephen moss took about ten africanamericans that broke the color barrier at nasa and the use of the Space Program by kennedy and johnson to advance the social change. When its up for the presentation we are here to talk about the book we couldnt fail the space Station Program it looks at the role in the civil rights in the years before the rights act happened. Discr...

The law. It was legal you cant use this because youre black. Its an important distinction that will become more so as we talk about achievements of the people in this book. When we talk about the rules put in placed by the Kennedy Administration and how they were influenced by nasa and contractors. Our book tells the story that ten men, most people that came to work in the Space Program in the year that we call the civil rights era, some of them went after employees and some contractors. Kennedy...

8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. Look backcontinue our at the 1965 watts riots in los angeles. At our guest is gerald anden horne, professor author of fire this time. He joined us earlier on washington journal to field questions from viewers. This is about 45 minutes. Host this month marks the 50th anniversary of the riots outside of los angeles known as the watts riots. 40 million in damage at the time. More than three dozen deaths. Cbs put together a documentary that focused on the riot...