And grew up in a lower middleclass family in california. He went to the local college, whittier college. And went to Duke University law school in the worst years of the great depression. The second world war, he joined the u. S. Navy. You can see the photo of nixon as a young navy officer. He served with distinction in the pacific, getting the right equipment to the right place at the right time and was given a series of commendations by his commanders. He was also a very talented offr player turn on his hours and he had a great ability to bluff. That is a valuable quality and someone undertaking Foreign Policy at a high level. Been46 after he had demobilized from the navy, nixon ran for congress. You can see the poster from his first election campaign. Ii veteransld war were elected into congress and the senate. Was nixon, one was john f. Kennedy. One was joe mccarthy. Career,arly political nixon rose very rapidly through the ranks. He was an odd anticommunist. He worked very hard to
New restrictions. Im anthony how to welcome time is running out to make a post break that try deal and avoid crosschannel economic chaos theres still no sign of a breakthrough after another day of talks Prime Minister johnson is now sit to travel to try to brussels to try and strike a last minute deal the European Unions chief negotiator Michel Barnier however is downbeat about the chances of an agreement signed the Sticking Points for mine. European leaders locked in disagreement with the u. K. Over the final terms of a trade deal not so different from last december besides the covert safe seating arrangement chief negotiators shop michelle from the e. U. Side and david frost of the u. K. Remain divided after a day of talks on monday. Later in the day you Commission President was aloof on the lions spoke at length on the phone to u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson but to no avail conditions were not there for an agreement they both said they plan to meet in person in the coming days.
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Amazon partners with an old text stalwart. That is blackberry. How they plan to revolutionize tech. Those stories in a moment. The u. S. Stocks posting another record high amid news of new stimulus talks. They are progressing with a plan to pass by the weekend. Abigail doolittle has more on that. Also, i know you have been following the latest Earnings Results out of snowflake. Shares down after hours a bit. This is a big test for them after their blockbuster debut. Abigail it is. Lots of big movers relative to earnings after hours come snowflake being one of them. With snowflake, what you are referencing is that huge ipo, biggest ipo of the year back in september. This is their First Quarter as a publicly traded company, so they are finding out what it is about to these shares are absolutely plunging in the after hours, down 19 . This is an Application Software company, up just 37 year to date. They have struggled a little bit, and in this quarter they posted a wider loss than expecte