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[upbeat marching music] lowell hello, everybody. This is Lowell Thomas greeting you from squaw valley, the Tahoe National forest. Here where the 8th winter Olympic Games are in progress. This, as you know, is the greatest spectacle in all Winter Sports. The worlds best skiers and skaters have come to this remote valley with the odd sounding name, squaw valley. They have come to win, if they can, to lose if they must, but above all to take part and do their best. Behind the excitement of the competition, there is another story, the story of planning, of building, of work, and of safety. Safety ...

Hello, everybody. This is Lowell Thomas greeting you from squaw valley in the Tahoe National forest where the eighth winter of Olympic Games are in progress. This is the greatest spectacle in all Winter Sports. The worlds best skiers and skaters have come to this remote valley. Squaw they have come to win if they can, lose if they must, above all take part in do their best. Behind the excitement of the competition, there is another story, the story of planning, of safetyg, of work, and of in the snow. Winterte for the eighth olympics was selected by the Olympic Committee well in advance of the...

Republicans and fdr had republican support for the first heat of years. Rds, sundayter wo 9 p. M. Eastern. We are in lynchburg, virginia in front of the home of dr. Robert johnson. Next, we speak with his grandson about dr. Johnsons role in the desegregation of tenants. Mr. Johnson this is where it all happened. Dr. Johnson set up a Junior Development program to train the latest kids, mostly africanamericans, in the sport of tennis. He would mentor them, work on strategy and tactics and have kids, and stay for the summer. Usually about a dozen kids per year and this is where the color line in ...

And vanda krefft was herself a leon levy fellow in 20092010. And i have just learned that she spends only 10 years on this book. [laughter] maybe a little bit more. But i am very sympathetic. My first biography on john mccloy took me 10 years, although my wife claims it was really 12 years. A biography takes a long time, it is a massive endeavor. Most biographers get biography disease and they cannot stop researching. [laughter] and thus the years roll by. The result is often rich and deeply detailed account of not only a life, but of a time. To my mind, the best part of history. Vandas articl...

So, again, encouraging people to take their seats. Good evening, everyone. My name is kai bird, im the new executive director of the Leon Levy Center for biography which is celebrating its tenth year now all due to shelby white and the leon levy foundation. And i want to advertise, first of all, our new alliance with bio. This is our first sort of jointlysponsored event with them, but we are also, courtesy of will swift here the president of bio, we are also going to be doing, cosponsoring their great annual conference on biography next may. And that will also be happening here at cuny. Should...