Around europe. Lets take a closer look at 2 more examples. But in the finnish capital, helsinki is the nations 1st in the 0 waste restaurant. And the southern german city of crowd work leads the way in the fight against global warming. But 1st people who live in cities long for connection to nature and the concept of a bio field like architecture tries to satisfy this desire includes building with natural materials, bringing light into peoples homes as much as possible and connecting a buildings occupants with their natural surroundings. While the freebooter apartment complex in amsterdam was built, according to this principle, we went there to check it out and ask its residents if it improves their daily lives. Lloyd instead of concrete curves rather than hard edges, a style of architecture that loves life. The result is building according to the principles of buy a philip architecture jacket. More garcia now is the architect of the freebooter or booklet me here in the deck, city of a
History probably considered the top three greatest american president s along with washington and lincoln. It is an assessment based on the fact he steered the nation through the two greatest crises. One internally, the Great Depression and one externally, world war ii. There has been a long and ongoing debate among historians as to whether history is influenced more by individuals or larger social, cultural and economic forces. I think it is of course both of those. Certainly it seems to me that Franklin D Roosevelt is a prime example of the significant of an individuals impact on history. Broader social and Economic Conditions that allowed fdr to become a great leader, but in his case i believe it was force of personality that was a paramount element as i think we will see as we go along. Rooseveltse presidency beginning with a brief look at the conditions in the country that led to his election in 1932. The economic collapse of 1920 nine had brought the worst conditions the country
Ongoing debate among historians as to whether history is influenced more by individuals or larger social, cultural and economic forces. I think it is of course both of those. Certainly it seems to me that franklin d. Roosevelt is a prime example of the significant of an individuals impact on history. It was broader social and Economic Conditions that allowed fdr to become a great leader, but in his case i believe it was force of personality that was a paramount element as i think we will see as we go along. Lets examine roosevelts presidency beginning with a brief look at the conditions in the country that led to his election in 1932. The economic collapse of 1920 9 had brought the worst conditions the country had experienced since the civil war. Herbert hoover seemed incapable of leading the way out of it despite some moderate attempts to do so. The suffering was widespread with approximately one quarter of the workforce unemployed and others having to take substantial pay cuts. The c
Presented soave complex a character. We are polled periodically to rate the president s. Wilson receives a high rating. A that embraces only lincoln, select company that embraces only lincoln, washington and franklin d. Roosevelt, in addition sometimes to Woodrow Wilson. There have been dissenters, of course. A writer that claimed wilson was not one of the world men, but a great fiasco. Among those who rate him highly, there is almost nothing of the sense of admiration so often associated with the attitude displayed to other socalled greats. Wilsons greatness seems to come grudgingly. An acknowledgment of his accomplishments without an appreciation of his personal attributes. In attempting to assess this extraordinarily complex individual by placing it threefold, first to survey his early years to gain an understanding of his philosophy. Second, to examine the significant events of his presidency, especially in the controversial area of diplomacy. Third to discuss briefly some of , the
Lockdown we are watching where the 28th named storm is on the move. Well tell you where its headed. Plus, an exciting weekend in the nfl filled with twists and turns. The first monday of the month in november early today starts right now glad to have you with us im frances rivera. Im phillip mena. On the eve of the election, both candidates are launching one last blitz joe biden is Holding Events in ohio and pennsylvania. A tremendous amount of americans have already voted casting a record breaking 93 million ballots and it could cross the 100 million mark once this weekends numbers are tallied up the president is trailing his democratic rival by 10 points according to the latest nbc news wall street Journal National poll nbcs tracie potts is joining us from bidens hometown of wilmington, delaware busy day for both candidates reporter a really busy day, phillip. Good morning, everyone biden is staying close by. President trump, all over the place today. He will be in michigan, in wisco