It was hard to picture many president s doing that is the First American palm where a selfinflicted gunshot wound is the centerpiece of the poem. It is disturbing. Train the modern condition. The trouble that people have which they hide train the modern condition. The trouble the people have in which they hide. Loneliness, people unwilling tos show it. , so theying to show it hide behind a mask. Despite the fact that they have wealth. Despite the fact that they have that they are handsome or above anybody else in many ways. Deep within themselves they can be in a happy be unhappy. At theophe follows them end of their lives. So this is a very serious kind of a poem. It is not a lighthearted, funloving poem. Roosevelt was an expert reader and appreciated the craftsmanship and the all that robinson was able to capture regarding this character. This type of person who hides behind the mask. Robinson stayed in the Customs House as long as roosevelt was president. And when he left the white
Italy had come within a hairs breadth of voting in a communist government. Troops were in angola. The soviets in every measurable way are winning. Nine years later, gorbachev is suing for peace. They have not taken one inch of territory, which from 1970 through 1980, the soviets took eric tori under every president. They stopped dead in their tracks. It was not just military. It was using the bully pulpit to call them the evil empire. It was using Radio Free Europe to boost the signal into the warsaw pact countries and the baltic countries. Stopping the subsidy of their economy he used every available method, quite frankly. The soviets never knew what hit them. He hit them at many different levels. He basically brought them to their needs. You could sum all of that up in a simple phrase, which he used. That is peace through strength. He was willing to negotiate with the soviets once we had achieved military superiority, which we did not have when he came into office in 1980. A great wa
All the world. Are couple of stories. He was hunting a berth in mississippi he felt it was a desire not to kill that all bird which had left for so long. A very young bear, he did not decide to kill it because it was too young. I think it is a true story but not killing of him that bear the newspapers picked it up and it became a story in popular press. Created the teddy bear. Of course we still have teddy bear yesterday. This is where they come from, named after Theodore Roosevelt. Arizona are very sensitive of theodore work as a s environmentalist, he is the great ere with american environmentalist, john muir. We owe him a great deal as an environmentalist, he established five national parks, 80 National Monuments including the grand canyon, game and bird reserves. Hundred 50,000,000 acres of forest reserve. We owe a great deal of our environmental consciousness to the work of Theodore Roosevelt. Another a story for evening i think, but something that we like to think about, especial
That have been very good predictors of behavior. I know were talking about a lot of Different Things today, but has there been anything about their ability to an early speaking . Thank you. And let you ask that question. Obviously people focus in on the score because it is a single number and it is easier to tell where he ranked. These three digit numbers that are built on the information that are in the Credit Reports. One concern that one needs to have is whether the underlying information is accurate. When it is not accurate, it will be less productive than when the information is accurate. Generally speaking, is there any sense in your Office Different and generally speaking, there are pretty predictive, is that correct . There are some things that need to be rectified when it comes to the consumers ability to ensure that the Credit Ratings they have accurate and have access. I value of those things. Generally speaking, if somebodys Credit Rating is correct and the information is t
Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and this very special graduation ceremony. Im richard curran, the smithsonians distinguished scholar and ambassador at large. First and foremost, i like to extend the welcome to our colleagues and friends from the u. S. Army, distinguished leaders, and, of course, our officer our graduates and their rightly proud and maybe families. Id like to welcome distinguished guests from the Monuments Men and women foundation, including members of the board and relatives of the world. Two monuments officers. This is a very special occasion. I dont usually wear this every day to work at the smithsonian. But id also like to welcome our guests from, bank of america, whove supported the initiative from the beginning. And finally, my smithsonian colleagues and those from sister organizations involved in Cultural Heritage protect like the department of state, the fbi, the international council, museums and others who in this program, as instructors, guide