Lucky to be so spry in our 80s. He is an expert in all of this. He was an economist before this. He had a good idea of enhenry george and how it all came together. He knew lizzie magie existed but the deeper stuff was something i spent a lot of time on. There were things we would not need to be interested in. Like the quakers and the history of Atlantic City was in the book and what it was like living there. He lived in berkeley in the 70s so he would not have to zoom out and look at the Political Climate there. A lot of the character developing and a lot of the details were in the depositions but didnt make it into the brief. Than were interesting but not part of the timeline he put together. Flushing out character and the lizzie magie and history board game pieces. The first half of the book was less reliant on the documents. [inaudible conversation] his conviction through the whole thing is amazing. Turning down the selling offer which is a big turning point in the book. His backgro
In 1935. So what the plan is i will talk a little about the history of the game and open it up to question and answer so i am not just hamming and you can get insight on hopefully what you think is useful. Most people are familiar with the red hotels greenhouses and mr. Monopoly. Most people saying Parker Brothers. The idea is at americas darkest hour he makes this game and puts the houses on atlanta boulevard for a happier time. You can see the monopoly patton looks like what we know as monopoly today. Tokens, board, property. This version of the story has been on the website for years. Some people believe daro was the inspiration for early characters. The only story is not true. It started out originally with lizzie magie. She had a patton for a type writer gadget and was an outspoken feminist and had views on this. This is before women could vote. Her father was james mcgee who wasnt just a newspaper owner but travelled with lincoln during the lincolndouglas debates and was around f
Did you know that . You know what, i did know that. Britney has been she has been with the today show since she was a little girl and now shes a grown woman. Were not going to say how old she is, but she is forever 21. Happy birthday, brit. We love you. I dont know how we did the show without her. And we have one of my favorite people, one of the best guests ever, bestselling author Jackie Collins gets cooking with recipes inspired by santangelo. That slut, i love her. I love when you say slut. The stars of hard core pawn are here. So, today is who knew, hoda . Hug an anchor day. Yes. But there are rules, according to the huffington post. On hugging in general. First of all, questions about hugging in the workplace. Rule one is it is okay to hug your peers, but never hug people who supervise you. In other words, your boss. Why wouldnt you . Ive done it . Jerry and rope are hugging now and it is unseemly. Dont do that, guys, really. First of all, i think hugging is hoda is a major, majo
This morning, we reveal that painting to the president s mom, former First Lady Barbara Bush live. And daves departure. David letterman announces his plans to retire like only he can. What this means now is that paul and i can be married. Well look at some of the top ten moments from his late night run today, friday, april 4th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, we welcome you to today on a friday morning. And how about that news from David Letterman . Big surprise. It really is. Hes retiring, not immediately, this takes place some time in 2015. Some time over the next year. No date has been given. But this is a big deal in the world of late night television. It is. Hes given us a year to emotionally prepare. Have you heard about that painter from texas . George w. Bush with his first art exhibit. These are incredible portraits hes painted of the World Leaders he encountered along the way.
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