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Transcripts For CSPAN3 James Madison And The Constitution 20141105

Where the biggest radio industry in the world was created, up to broadway. Thats where the entertainment is. Thats where bing crosby is. Thats where jack benny is. His lifelong rival, and they were truly lifelong rivals, tsarnaev with bill paley. Paley is the son of very rich cigar making family. The family started in the ukraine. By the time they moved from chicago to philadelphia, they had made it. He went to wharton school. His dad basically bought him the station. He hated him for that. And he dated nonjewish girls. These two guys would battle for supremacy in radio, television, and then Color Television for the next half century. Its paley who links it permanently to advertising. The only business in the country supported entirely by advertising. Somebody wrote him a letter and said im getting this great entertainment, great music, who do i pay. Nobody. Paid for by advertising. And paley then hooks up with
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Transcripts For CSPAN3 American History TV 20141105

Talk im not good at power point. Well, this is not the supreme city. Its not the book i originally set out to write. And the original idea was to do the whole city. All five boroughs and stretch it out from world war i to world war ii. But without trying to be too cute, i took too big of a bite out of the apple. And i discovered doing my Research Within the larger story i had intended to tell. Its an unfold story, actually. Its been told in bits and pieces, but its never stitched together as a compelling historical narrative. And that story is the rise of the sudden and spectacular rise of midtown manhattan in the 1920s. Which was an urban backwater before 1919. There wasnt a single skyscraper above 42nd street. And by the end of the decade, by the end of the 1920s, almost half of new york skyscrapers were in midtown. Its one of the great building booms not only in the history of the
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Transcripts For CSPAN3 American History TV 20141105

About, midtown manhattan, and a couple preliminaries before we roll into this illustrated talk. I like that better than power point as a term. Im not good at power point. Its not that im a luddite. Im just not good at technology. Im just a technological idiot. Well, this is not the supreme city is not the book i originally set out to write. The original idea was to do the whole city, all five boroughs, and stretch it out from world war i to world war ii, but without trying to be too cute, i took too big a bite out of the apple, and i discovered as i was doing my research that there was i was really drawn to a really compelling story within the larger story i had intended to tell, and its an untold story actually. Its been told in bits and pieces, but its never been stitched together as a compelling historical narrative, and that story is the rise of the the sudden and spectacular rise i should say of midtown manhattan in the 1920s which was an urban backwater before 1919. There wasnt a ....

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Transcripts For WRC News4 At 6 20150217

2 to 4 inches toward the north, 3 toward the frederick area. In and around the d. C. Metro area we went 4 to 6 inches and thats pretty much what we saw here 4. 7 at Reagan National airport. Down to the south, this is why we have some of the School Closings tomorrow. 6 to 10 inches is what we predicted. Got between 6 and about 9 is the highest that i saw down toward the south pap lot more snow down to the south than to the north. Nothing out there right now. Were not seeing any rain or snow but thats going to change. Your wednesday headlines, cold but nice early. But then here comes another arctic front. Lit bring snow and then the windchills well they fall below zero. Were not talking about little below zero. Those numbers including more records that could be broken in just a minute. Fredericksburg or points south you saw several inches of snow melt under todays son. David ....

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