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My friend chuck for their remarks. I will have more to say to them later. On march 9th, 1967, senator howard baker junior, the newly elected senator from tennessee made his maiden address, his first speech on the floor of the senate. He spoke for too long. The republican leader of the senate who was also bakers father in law, walked to congratulate him and said howard, occasionally you might enjoy the luxury of unexpressed thought. Which is good advice for farewell address as well. Senator bakers legislative assistant, i was also a speechwriter that made an address, or at least i thought i was. He developed a bad habit of not saying what i wrote for his speech. I asked to see him, do i have a problem with our relationship . Write what you want to write and say what i want to say. I learned a couple other things about saying what i want to say. One came from alex haley, the author of roots, you heard him speak once and said may i make a suggestion . If when you begin a speech you would ....
The selection and presentation of library of congress for fiction is one of my favorite responsibilities the product is this Great Institution an opportunity to honor the novelist for short story writers to interview books from the most recent novels and short story collections past prizewinners include luminaries Toni Morrison it is my distinct honor and pleasure to award the prize this year to one of our nations most gifted writers someone Time Magazine the longest largest recipient and only one of four writers in history to receive the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice i am talking about none other than none other than colson whitehea whiteheads most recent novel, the nickel boys won this years pulitzer as did his 2016 novel the underground railroad. Colson has a ....
Overnight, protests across the country including one in washington outside the white house were largely peaceful on a day when george floyd was honored at a Memorial Service in North Carolina where he was born. We will have more in a live report and we will talk to the mayor of st. Paul, minnesota, who is the son of a Police Officer, about the practical changes that may come of this moment. Later in our spotlight, harry smith looks at the history of protests in america, turning energy in the streets into change for the country. Then, the extraordinary graduation story of one high school student, from a secret of homelessness to a diploma with honors. Later, we revisit a favorite sunday sitdown with Kerry Washington. A conversation about race and policing around ....
Dismal jobs reports. Unemployment to soar to 20 . They broke the streak this as things actually calm down on the protest front. Walk us through the ups and downs. It was a volatile day. As to the move down breaking that fourday winning streak for nasdaq. Nd florida coronavirus numbers came out and higher than the sevenday average and the s p never recovering. Teches have it worse. Nasdaq 100 yesterday had flirted with a recordclosing high. Today, nasdaq had been above that level but not able to close so close. Stay at home weakness and the bioteches and seeing that rotation in the cyclicals. The big question is because these stocks are weighting for the averages, is there more pain especially after a big runup and stocks shouldnt be so high . Overextended conditions, quite frankly. Emily there is uncertainty and there are results withdrawing and slack is a company that we considered a pandemic winner because so many people are slacking as they work from home. And going public and spiki ....
Globe. Tonight we celebrate this is all i got, which immerses its readers in the life of a young homeless single mother amid her quest to find stability and shelter right here in new york city. Laurent is an awardwinning journalist, essayist and author. This is her third book and she has written about inequality and its many forms from publication including the New York Times, new york, the new republic, the nation, and salons. And has worked as a producer at npr. Tonight lord will be in conversation with New York Times non fiction critic the Senior Editor at harpers magazine. Our event tonight will run for about one hour, beginning with the conversation between jen and lauren alibi q a for all of our viewers. Please never to post your questions on ip k twitter feed. With no further do i passed the mic to jen to get us st ....