The story all within the context of one of the truly Landmark Events of the 20th century. An event that embodied justice over tierney. I chose a letter that i hope embodies that. I prefer to pass my time with you rather than reading or doing anything. Theres so much on my mind at all times. I had a nice letter from judge thanking me for a picture. He said he showed it to judge jennings who showed interest but made to comment. He said its the greatest trial in history and while it seems long to me now, in a few years i would look back with great satisfaction, by the way, be sure to read the article in the ladys home journal for june. Its a good thing, i think, and it gives you some idea of how important the proceeding is. Its a great importance to everyone and someday will be recognized as a great landmark and struggle of mankind for peace. Its the highest calling of the Legal Profession and im proud of my part in it. Because its meant and continues to mean sacrifice and struggle, i fee
get really, really big audiences. it is still possible if you put on a great drama or an event that everybody is talking about to get an audience in the millions. and very serious programs and serious news programs still get huge audiences. so it hasn t been damaging. what i think is great is that bbc parliament is an example but there are others, there is genuinely more choice now and people can pursue their interests much more easily. before we were just telling them what to watch. one thing i noticed that s very different than in american television, especially on the bbc, news channel, i would guess, that there, it seems like almost whenever you re watching it, there s a person standing there doing sign language but prominent on the screen, not down, in our case, we have closed captioning but usually a person that s in the lower right hand corner or lower left-hand corner. who is requiring that? that s the regulatory body ofcom. office of federal communications. there
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i also want to thank, if i can, the unsung heroes of this institution. the senate staff, my personal staff. it would be a grievous understatement to simply say that they make the trains run on time. without them, as all of us know, the train, of course, would never leave the station at all. the floor staff, the cloakroom professionals of both parties and the hundreds of unknown and unseen people who show up every day in this body to make this critical institution of democracy function, without th them, no senator could fulfill his or her obligations to the american people. many of my personal staff and committee staff are present in the senate gallery today and neither i nor the millions of americans whose lives they ve enriched or whose burdens they have lightened can ever thank you enough. i only hope that your time with me has been as fulfilling as my time with you. of course, i owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the people of connecticut whose confidence, patience, and
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