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We used to ask ourselves that question. First we discussed the medium of the object. We wanted photographs, paintings, documents, relics, and then we wanted to represent every year of the civil war, 1851 to 1865. By the time we sifted through the criteria, we thought we had 50 objects out there that met those requirements. It was truly an embarrassment and it was hard to whittle them down, for sure. [laughter] that is definitely true. Tonight we will be discussing two objects that are considered...

This hour. Yousef first, european governments this week agreed to assemble a Naval Mission to provide safe passage for ships through the persian gulf. That is after iran seized a British Oil Tanker in the region. The act was condemned by the the u. K. Foreign secretary jeremy hunt, but defended by his iranian counterpart. Under international law, iran had no right to obstruct the ships passage, let alone bored her. Board her. It was an act of state piracy which the house will have no hesitation ...

We have a feed through from the chinese economy to the rest of the world through chinese investment, particularly Property Investment and infrastructure investment, and the news on that front is not quite so positive yet. We are still seeing relatively sluggish investment in those areas. A lot of the recent improvement has actually come from the consumer sector, which is a good thing for chinas economy, where we are seeing some rebalancing away from investment, but in terms of chinese demand for...

Push out rate hikes, but says he is confident in the eurozones recovery u. S. Equities stage a laterally after House Republicans give their stamp of approval to the tax overhaul, sending it to the senate ecb president mario draghi is still delivering the keynote address in frankfurt lets listen back in moving into positive territory in all major euro area economies. Demand for loans by firms, which at this time last year were still negative in several vulnerable countries, is now positive across...

According to people friendly with the matter, they have had discussions about a potential acquisition or joint venture. Verizon is interested in aol technology that deals with the automated buying and selling of ads online and wants to expand its mobile video offerings. New Republican Congress goes to work in washington today. First thing on the to do list, keeping the fight in the family. John faces the challenge to his leadership from two house republicans, one from texas and one from florida ...

Michigan socks. Most other times its more at eye level. He says i blink three times when i feel a sense of danger, and i strongly believe that it keeps me and my family safe. I remember this as if it was yesterday. I walked about a mile to fetch Drinking Water. At the time i was asked what i would be when i grew up. Without thinking, i said i would be a medical doctor. And i knew that i was a kid from a poor neighborhood, and that dream was real to me. My dad taught me to believe in myself, and ...

Have learned because theres just really no set curriculum that can be guaranteed. [ applause ]. Today the civic club of cleveland, we have enjoyed a friday forrum from anne neal. Thank you, ms. Neal, for your informative remarks. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. This forrum is now adjourned. [ applause ]. [ bell rings ] on the next washington journal, well discuss the latest news from ferguson, missouri, and about the resignation of defense secretary chuck hagel. Our guests include andrew tilghm...

There is a relationship between family plan between having many children and whether you can be able to provide for these children using the sticks. So i asked again, so what have we learned in the few weeks that we have been together . Kedra slowly puts up her hand and she says she wants to contribute. Okay, tell us. Then she says, you know, i have had 11 children in my life. I got married when i was 13 years old. And over time, i give birth to many children. And i continued giving birth becaus...

Disinvited from Graduation Ceremony Office Student protest. This is an hour. Good afternoon, and welcome to the city club of cleveland. My name is paul harrison. Im pleased to introduce todays speaker, president and cofounder of the American Council of trustees and alumni. As stated on its website, acta is on Academic Freedom, the website states that the ideas of Academic Freedom and free speech are at the core of academic speech. And freedom in research is essential to the advancement of truth....

Editorinchief, james bennet. Thank you, commissioner, for being with us today. [applause] i thought id open with a familiar, oftrepeated statistic that i thought i should repeat again. Youll correct me if i have it wrong. In 1990, there were 2,245 homicide in the city of new york, which i think was the record mark. And last year there were 333 homicides in the city of new york. Though the population had grown by a Million People in the meantime, and there are however many millions more visitors ...