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Carroll very much and the Skyscraper Museum for the ini have tage to talk. Grateful for the opportunity to discuss my research and the book itself. Im going to give one slide on the book itself. Very quick overview. Just talk about some of the main topics and the key themes. One thing. Could you keep me on time . Perfect. The majority of the time well focus on one specific question, which is, why does the manhattan skyline look the way it does, why does it have a particular shape, why do we see one large cluster of skyscrapers downtown and another one several miles to the north in midtown. The...

Or 60 or 70 years ago. I mean, having running water, hot and cold running water, indoor plumbing, a television set, microwave and a computer, would have looked very, very good to my parents when they were young. Thats quite a long time ago. But relative poverty is a very deeply ingrained belief in american society, and i think in western society generally, and as long as there are people who are conspicuously more poor than most people, i think that the concern will continue to exist, even though an n absolute terms you could argue that it doesnt. The gentleman has had his hand up for a while ...

[inaudible conversations] good morning with. By American People decided to change the majority of the u. S. Senate of was down in louisville the day after the election with the press conference that i pointed out the dysfunction in the senate was one of the issues of 2014 with the minority of the senate it is down to a very small minority. So we tried to avoid dysfunction and let people produce a paper co when defeated in alaska in did not have a roll call amendment on a full six year term. Not one. We had 15 votes amendments in let them participate to the maximum extent possible majority and ...

On politics and we have campaigns and i think a lot of our people, our candidates, still dont under it. It is a relative lly new phenomenon. I was the first person they were able to overtake on the internet when i made a mistake speaking. It was around the clock, 24 7, you have facebook and twitter and it can just destroy you and you dont know where it is all coming from. I dont think we quite co comprehend that. With regard to the silos, my partner now, a democrat from louisiana, i say he is the last probusiness democrat left in washington. We are good friends. His tv is on msnbc 24 7. Mine i...

I am sure justice i am sure this isnt something any to make clear. In 1960 clip. You will hear how comfortable she was with the justices probing her questions and positions today sector arguments hear you will hear her plane having fun with the way the justice worded one of his questions. This is an opportunity of a bike to go one to show. How will ask the question the standard for all unanswered to the chief justice greg. What do you mean by. I dont fall on either. [laughter] she won that case eight one with Justice Whitaker providing bellow dissent despite the banter you heard in the prior c...