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Former senator majority leader train for attacks about his Senate Service as a diplomat investigator and chairman of the Walt Disney Company. He spoke at politics prose in washington d. C. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] so the evening. And bradley graham, cowinner politics prose and on behalf of the entire staff welcome. Very few quick administrative tidbits. When we get to the q a part of the session as you can see we have ceased in tv with us this evening. If you have a qu...

Perhaps we would not have the interurban area. Also we can make a case that the interurban is the transition between steam railroads freight and the coming of the motor truck. To begin, the innercity road system was awful. We did talk about it that continued into the 20th century. To begin, the innercity road system was awful. We did talk about it that continued into the 20th century. We had that National Road that was financed by the federal government in the 1840s. It will not be there until t...

Why we have this new perhaps replacement technology. So you may ask what is an interurban. Now, i know that you all took baby latin in high school, so interurban, between cities. Thats the kind of latin i actually remember from the early 1960s. So perhaps its time for me to just give you some visual images of an interurban. This is a brochure, as you can tell, 1907, that was sold to travelers in the greater new england area. And this is going to be the heartland of what we call rural trolleys, a...

In the latter part of the 1880s. And communities were being pressured to have better roads. Perhaps only going out into the suburbs. And we have places like cleveland and philadelphia that are installing brick roads. So there is a movement for a allweather road system, or at least in a limited sense, prior to the coming of the automobile, which really is about 1900, so 1905. Most american roads at the beginning of the 20th century, were mud holes during the wet season, and extremely dusty during...

In fact, if the automobile had been invented perhaps 20, 25 years before, and if we had the triumph of the good roads movement about the same time, perhaps we would not have had the interurban era. Also, we can make a case too that the interurban is the transition between Steam Railroad less than car load freight and express and the coming of the motor truck. And in the near future, in fact, on thursday, i want to talk about trolley or interurban freight. To begin, lets keep in mind that the ame...

Years before and if we had the triumph of the good roads movement about the same time, we would not have had the inter urban era. We can make a case, too that the inter urban is the transition between steamed railroad less and express of becoming the motor truck. And, in the near future, in fact, on thursday, i want to talk about trolley or inter urb urban freight. To begin, lets keep in mind that the american inter city road system was awful. We did talk about that turnpike movement at the end ...

Cincinnati observatory to learn how it became the first public observatory in the western hemisphere. John this is the Cincinnati Observatory Center, situated in the city of cincinnati, approximately six miles east of downtown cincinnati. We call ourselves the birthplace of american astronomy. The founder of the observatory, ormsby mcknight mitchell, was essentially what we call the call sagan of the day. He was the popularizer of astronomy at that particular period. The first observatory of sig...

Discussions on may 11 that will confirm the progress that has been achieved. And will being yet another move yet another step in the direction of the final agreement. Germanys finance minister is still skeptical that a deal on greek economic reform can be reached by the may 11 meeting. Bond yields, meanwhile, im resuming their rise. The yield on the two year has risen two percentage points. It is now yielding 22 . Raising one of the issues behind the global bond selloff. Investors are now ponder...

Now well get to business at hand this morning. If youre just waking up lets get you up to speed on the markets and whats going on in the futures. Looks like a little bit of a mixed morning. The dow might open slightly higher. Nasdaq would open marginally off and the s p well call it across the board. Well see how things play out this morning. Joe. It used to be mostly new york social sociallights wasnt it . Five years ago it became very strange that it became sort of a moment. Its almost like th...

Good evening, i am bradley graham, the coowner of politics and prose along with my wife. On behalf of the entire staff we welcome you. A few announcements and that would be a good time to turn off cell phones or anything else that might be. When you come up to get your books assigned come up would be grateful of us if you could look at chairs and leaned them against something that may not fall over. And by way of introducing this, let me just say that there is a lot of talk these days about the ...